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How Infectious Disease May Have Shaped Human Origins
Roughly 100,000 years ago, human evolution reached a mysterious bottleneck: Our ancestors had been reduced to perhaps five to...
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Bat, Bee, Frog Deaths May Be Linked
In recent years, diseases have ravaged through bat, honeybee and amphibian populations, and now animal experts suspect that shared...
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More Than 1 Billion People at Risk for Lack of Clean Water
This spring the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated the early completion the 2015 development goal of bringing improved drinking...
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Toxic Mercury Accumulates in Arctic
Both atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers carry mercury, a toxic element, north into the Arctic Ocean...
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Study Links Military Vets With Brain Disease Found in Athletes
A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers —...
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Many Rare Mutations May Underpin Diseases
The task of finding the genetic roots of common disease seems much harder, dimming the promise of personal genomics...
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Higher Education, Coffee Linked to Longer Life
People with higher levels of education and higher income have lower rates of many chronic diseases compared to those...
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A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity
Carson C. Chow deploys mathematics to solve the everyday problems of real life. As an investigator at the National...
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‘Social Jet Lag’ Can Figure Into Obesity
As many working people and students can attest, the sound of the alarm clock in the morning can mean...
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Having a ‘Purpose in Life’ May Help Shield You From Dementia
A new study suggests you can keep dementia at bay by developing a firm purpose in life. The findings...