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21/02/2018 - 15:36

It has long been known that these folds and wrinkles are meant to enable the brain to be compressed into the space of a skull, and that... →

20/02/2018 - 12:26

Human nutrition is of increasing importance to science. Of course, centuries of scientific research have been devoted to ensuring that... →

22/01/2018 - 14:33

Humans are slowly returning to the wildness around the power plant. A government workforce, large enough to carefully manage radiation... →

18/01/2018 - 14:13

Benefits of Writing For Your Brain and Body Expressive writing has been linked with psychological benefits, such as improved mood,... →

15/01/2018 - 17:21

Two recent studies set off a predictable deluge of diet advice. They seemed to imply that 1) eating more leafy greens could stave off... →

12/01/2018 - 12:47

Most everyone knows that women, on average, live longer than men. But nobody knows why. Some have suggested it is because men behave... →

24/12/2017 - 16:54

Another kind of problem that people get into drinking is related to binging so that a person might not drink every day and yet still have... →

10/12/2017 - 12:59

The outgoing president of the academy, Prof. Fernando Stein, made a first visit to Israel late last month to attend the annual conference... →

12/11/2017 - 16:45

Prof Michele De Luca, from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, told the BBC: “The gene is different, the protein is different and... →

30/10/2017 - 17:56

Until 10 months ago, Jerusalem – where one out of 10 Israelis live – and its metropolitan area had only one department of neurosurgery, at... →

21/10/2017 - 12:27

Air pollution had the biggest impact, accounting for two-thirds of deaths from pollution. Brunei and Sweden had the lowest numbers of... →

10/10/2017 - 12:46

The genome is only the second from a Neandertal sequenced to such high quality that it can reliably reveal when, where, and what DNA was... →

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