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- Humans
When meal times no longer focus on food
There’s little doubt that humanity has been tipping the scales at increasingly higher weights and rates. A study now lends support to the idea that meal-time distractions can mask the cues that we really have eaten quite enough. Moreover, it finds, the caloric fallout of not paying attention to what we’re eating doesn’t necessarily end when a meal is over.
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- Life
Aerobic exercise boosts memory
Regular walking improved seniors' recall and reversed declines in the size of a brain structure important for remembering.
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‘Love’ hormone has a dark side
Often associated with feelings of closeness, oxytocin can make people more or less trusting depending on their underlying social outlook.
- Earth
Chile quake didn’t reduce risk
During the large 2010 tremor, faults ruptured mainly outside the area due for a big one, leaving the region vulnerable to future events.
- Humans
Amoebas in drinking water: a double threat
Analysis reveals widespread, hidden contamination by the sometimes lethal parasites.
- Health & Medicine
Prosthetics that feel
Re-creating a 'sense of touch' for prosthetic limbs may someday improve how people use them.
- Physics
Quantum pendulum trick explained
Physicists explain why an object swings faster when immersed in a special ultracold liquid.
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In the Zone
Evolution may have trained the mind to see scoring streaks — even where they don't exist.
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Sizing up the Electron
Measuring the inner shape of the famous particle could help solve a cosmic mystery.
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Alphabet of Life
Searching for clues to the genetic code's origin.
