Life
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BrainHeaders and memory loss
Soccer players who frequently use their heads score worse on memory tests.
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- Health & Medicine
Infection time
Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice.
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BrainExplainer: Our bodies’ internal clocks
Biological clocks determine hunger, sleepiness and other daily rhythms.
- Health & Medicine
Flu in the air
Germs tiny enough to pass through surgical masks may cause half of all cases.
- Plants
Old, cold moss grows again
Mosses are mini but mighty: Even after centuries buried beneath a glacier, some of these small, flowerless plants can regrow.
- Health & Medicine
Killer-flu update
Infection that recently developed in China shows signs of being easy to spread and hard to kill.
By Janet Raloff - Brain
A mind for math
A part of the brain associated with making memories may also predict success in learning math.
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AnimalsHere comes Swarmageddon!
This spring and summer, trillions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States
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AnimalsHoney’s hidden helper
Scientists identify a substance in honey that helps bee bodies fight poisons.