Tanning Oil
Using tanning oil to get a speedier tan can damage skin more quickly.
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WEIRD SCIENCE: Behind the legend of the chupacabra, does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? A physiological explanation for near-death experiences, and animals that live without oxygen.
Anti-Cancer Roundup
The analytic tools of supercomputers are helping researchers identify potential new drugs.
Alzheimers Eye
An eye test could oneday screen for Alzheimer's disease early on.
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MEDICINE: Alzheimer's in the eye, artificial red blood cells, and a microbial Achilles' heel. Also: do toilet seats spread disease?
Bone Roundup
Scientists unravel genetic clues that may explain why most of our bones lose density over time, but our skulls do not.
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Mountaintop removal mining's devastating effects on the environment, ancient Martian lakes, an herbal disappointment, fish that punish cheaters, and reading and writing in the brain.
Alzheimers and Cancer
A recent study suggests that people with Alzheimer's disease are less likely to get cancer, and vice-versa.
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People with Alzheimer's disease get less cancer, nearsightedness is on the rise in the U.S., why the bones of the skull don't become brittle, and how an ingredient in clown make-up could protect astronauts from radiation.
Running Monkeys
Vigorous exercise helps monkeys avoid symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Aging Roundup
A sign of premature aging shows up in the DNA of people who were abused as children.
Old Flu Antibodies
Outbreaks of the H1N1 virus during the twentieth century left many people with long-term resistance to the swine flu.
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FLU REPORT: Why older people are at less risk of contracting the H1N1 flu virus, how to avoid the flu, and can you get the flu from a library book? Also: ancient mummies with heart disease and harmful bacteria discovered in cigarettes.
Medical Aging Roundup
A protective enzyme may be the key to long life.
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Fighting Alzheimer's with coffee, oral health, sugar, and heart disease, cervical cancer's nemesis, and more.
Alzheimer’s & Caffeine
Caffeine may stave off and even reverse the underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease.
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HEALTH REPORT: Why bone loss can be slowed but not reversed. Genes that turn carbohydrates to fat. How sports drinks damage teeth. And more.
Addiction & Parkinson’s
Parkinson's disease and addiction overlap in surprising ways.
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HEALTH: New vaccines provide instant immunity, Addiction and Parkinson's disease, the upside of salt, ship pollution threatens coastal residents, and more.
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BODIES: Regenerating tooth enamel, why we have fingernails, why hair turns grey, and more.
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Caterpillars infiltrate ant nests, loneliness and your health, how planes can fly upside down, and more.
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EVOLUTION & MORALITY SPECIAL: Hunting large game led to the evolution of the conscience, and evidence of moral systems in other animals. Also: Giant snake fossil points to warmer times, and grandparents helped civilization evolve.