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Molecule capable of halting and reverting neurodegeneration caused by Parkinson's disease identified | Salvador Ventura
Image credit: topag.mpg.deSept. 25, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- The small SynuClean-D molecule interrupts the formation of the alpha-synuclein amyloid fibers responsible for the onset of Parkinson's dise ...
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Mindfulness meditation: 10 minutes a day improves cognitive function | Peter Malinowski
Photo credit: Sebastien Wiertz. Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Sept. 19, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Practicing mindfulness meditation for 10 minutes a day improves concentration and the ability to keep information ...
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'Monster' Hurricane Florence takes aim at U.S. Southeast | Ernest Scheyder
Hurricane Florence. Credit: The Weather Channel. Sept. 12, 2018 -- WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) -- Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Caroli ...
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Globally, 1.4 billion adults at risk of disease from lack of physical activity | Regina Guthold
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 5, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- More than a quarter (1.4 billion) of the world's adult population were insufficiently active in 2016, putting them at greater risk of cardio ...
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A Farewell to Norms | Milton Mueller
Credit: Derek Bridges, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Milton Mueller -- Internet Governance Project Sept. 4, 2018 “Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms ...
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U.S. consumer spending, inflation data point to strong economy | Lucia Mutikani
Aug. 30, 2018 -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting strong economic growth early in the third quarter, while a measure of underlying inflation hit th ...
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Stripped Naked | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2018 In the 1997 British film The Full Monty, we have six unemployed men, four of them laid off steelworkers, earning money by putt ...
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An Astrological Interlude: Brexit | John Michael Greer
Aug. 29, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- The noise and bustle generated by the ongoing three-ring circus of U.S. politics in the era of Trump can make it hard sometimes to notice that performances just as co ...
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Research methods that find serial criminals could help save tigers | Matthew Struebig, Freya St. John
Tiger on a trap camera. Credit: Matt Struebig Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, accordin ...
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Geologists uncover new clues about largest mass extinction ever | Michael Broadley
The photo depicts a sample of mantle xenolith, rock sections of the lithosphere that get captured by the passing magma and erupted to the surface during the volcanic explosion. Credit: Michael W. Bro ...
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Sleeping five hours or less a night associated with doubled risk of cardiovascular disease | Moa Bengtsson
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 26, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Middle-aged men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following t ...
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