Secret Ingredient Roundup
A compound found in apple peels could prevent muscle wasting.
Ancient Egyptian Prosthetics
Artificial toes from ancient Egypt may have been functional prosthetics.
Gait & Longevity
Walking speed is a good indicator of overall health in older adults.
Muscle Memory
Exercising when you're young may help your muscles bounce back later in life.
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FLU SEASON: Can exercise help stave off illness? Changes to the seasonal flu vaccine, bacterial surprises, and better ways to purify water in developing countries. Also: did life originate between mica sheets?
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Contact lenses that could treat glaucoma, and could you get more out of a 20-minute workout than a 4-hour one? Also, a nose for identification, and why we can't smell deadly carbon monoxide gas.
High Intensity Workouts
A few short bursts of high-intensity exercise may be more effective than hours of conventional training.
Running Monkeys
Vigorous exercise helps monkeys avoid symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Looming Sounds
Being in good physical condition could actually be detrimental to your hearing.
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HEARING & SOUND: Why hyenas are anything but funny. Can animals dance to a beat? Using sound to save the whales. And physical fitness worsens hearing, but estrogen improves it.
Addiction & Parkinson’s
Parkinson's disease and addiction overlap in surprising ways.
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BREATHING: Why it's harder to breathe at high altitudes, asthma and your birthdate, and more.
Mountain High
Have you ever been to a high altitude and found yourself gasping for breath? One listener asked why that happens.
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EXERCISE & SLEEP: how our brains fall asleep, active women need sleep to fight cancer, and the brain benefits of exercise.
Sleep & Cancer
Researchers have discovered that the anti-cancer benefits of exercise can be reversed in younger women if they don't get enough sleep.
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Sled dogs defy fatigue, inside the musician's brain, fooling a GPS system, and more.
Sled Dog Endurance
Champions of endurance, sled dogs can run for over a thousand miles without fatigue.
Antikythera Mechanism
An ancient astronomical calculator had a dedicated calendar for the Olympics and other games.
Sprinters’ Advantage
An Olympic sprinter's proximity to the starter's gun could influence the outcome of a race.
Fastest Swimsuit
NASA, Speedo, and other engineers team up to beat last year's superfast swimsuit.