For Your Brain’s Sake, Keep Moving

Because we can never have enough reasons to keep exercising, a new study with mice finds that physical activity not only increases the number of new neurons in the brain, it also subtly changes the shape and workings of these ce

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Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales, evidence suggests

Evidence of quarrying for Stonehenge’s bluestones is among the dramatic discoveries leading archaeologists to theorise that England’s greatest prehistoric monument may have first been erected in Wales.

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Poll: Americans Starting to Worry About Climate Change Now That It Affects Their Lawns

SACRAMENTO (The Borowitz Report) – A new poll shows that Americans who were unconcerned about climate change as it wreaked havoc around the world are beginning to worry, now that global warming is affecting the appearance of their lawns.



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Pi Day Isn't Just Magical, It's Mathematics. And There's Pie!

We bring you this story in case you want to get baking. That's because Saturday is Pi Day — but it's not just any pi day.



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Conservative Politicians Abroad Seem More Accepting of Evolution

On Wednesday, in an interview in London, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a potential Republican presidential candidate, sidestepped the question of whether he believed in evolution. Mr.



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6 Awesome Reasons Why Running Is Good For You

With the change of season, the lingering darkness, cold and occasional rain, it may seem unlikely you would be keen to get outside and keep running.



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Katty Kay: Countries in Africa 'have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States'

Sunday show talking heads continued to debate vaccinations of children -- specifically, how there should be no debate -- as they analyzed political missteps from the past week.



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Father of Boy With Leukemia Asks California School Officials to Bar Unvaccinated Students

In the latest salvo in the vaccination wars that have shaken California since a measles outbreak originated at Disneyland last month, the father of a 6-year-old boy with leukemia has asked the superintendent of his Marin County school district to keep unvaccinated children out of school.



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James Watson Throws a Fit

Jim Watson is one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. He is also a peevish bigot. History will remember him for his co-discovery of the structure of DNA, in 1953.



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The 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies—As Chosen By Scientists

Real scientists can be the harshest critics of science fiction. But that doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy a movie just because it bends the laws of nature. We polled dozens of scientists and engineers to discover the sci-fi movies they love. This cinematic update of the 1898 H.G.



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Ebola in Europe: What Went Wrong

ROME, Italy — When Teresa Romero Ramos, the Spanish nurse now afflicted with the deadly Ebola virus first felt feverish on September 30, she reportedly called her family doctor and told him she had been working with Ebola patients just like Thomas Eric Duncan who died today in Dallas.



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5 Amazing Things Your Brain Does While You Sleep

We spend a third of our lives sleeping, an activity as crucial to our health and well-being as eating. But exactly why we need sleep hasn't always been clear.



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The curious case of the cyclist’s unshaven legs Add to ...

Is shaving your legs a matter of fashion or function for cyclists? When Oregon-based triathlete Jesse Thomas forgot to shave before a wind-tunnel testing session earlier this year, he realized that he had a rare opportunity for a before-and-after test to find out.



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Running In The Sun: Benefits For Your Body

You may be running inside during the hot summer months to avoid running in the sun. Of course, there are some dangers associated with running in the sun, especially because people can quickly get burned and get blistered skin.



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9 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Mind

Whether it's becoming a Sudoku champion or remembering the name of someone you just met, everyone probably wishes they could muster up a little extra brain power.



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Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds

A new study which found that readers using a Kindle were "significantly" worse than paperback readers at recalling when events occurred in a mystery story is part of major new Europe-wide research looking at the impact of digitisation on the reading experience.



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8 Things Runners Should Know About Coffee

Caffeine (in coffee or otherwise) improves performance... Hundreds of studies have shown that consuming caffeine before a physical challenge likely helps subjects go farther and faster than when they go without it. This effect holds true in studies of both endurance athletes and sprinters.



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Creationists and Gravity

Creationists still cannot understand what “scientific theory” means, but Tyson’s simile makes the point that even creationists believe gravity is real and not as they claim evolution is, just a theory and unproven. If the think gravity is just a theory, they should step off the top of Empire State Building to prove the “theory” of gravity is just an unproven idea postulated by some crazed liberal scientist.