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Mid-Day Naps Can Be a Sign of Bad Health

People who frequently take naps tend to die younger than those who don’t, according to a new study

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Online Food Reviews Say As Much About the Author As the Restaurant

These brief write-ups are surprisingly personal

Jet Lag

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Mathematicians Want to Fix Your Jet Lag—Fast

They’ve created a system that will tell you exactly how much light to get in order to fix your circadian rhythms

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The American Dream Doesn’t Mean the Same Thing to White People And Minorities

While many see the American Dream including a home, not everybody thinks about that home the same way

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In Need of a New Nostril? Scientists Can Grow One From Your Cartilage

Researchers in Switzerland just performed the first reconstructive nasal surgery using lab-grown cartilage

On some level, babies remember the things you do to them.

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We Remember People We Met as Babies, Even If We Don’t Remember Being Babies

Babies can subconsciously remember people they’ve met, even if they don’t remember meeting them

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Ice-Age Bees Uncovered at the La Brea Tar Pits

The samples were actually excavated back in 1970, but were set aside because there wasn’t a way to analyze them at the time

An asylum in Jacksonville, Illinois, c. 1890-1901.

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In the U.S., Mentally Ill People Are Ten Times More Likely To Be in Prison Than in a Hospital

The number of mentally ill people in prison is going up, and the number in hospitals is going down

Fuxianhuia protensa

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Oldest Fossilized Heart Found…It Belonged to A Shrimp

Researchers found the oldest-known cardiovascular system in a fossilized “shrimp-like” anima

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It Is Possible for Grandmas to Overindulge on Time With Their Grandkids

One day with the kids is boon to cognitive performance, but five days is draining

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Sea Otters Can Get the Human Flu

Scientists have no idea how the otters contracted the H1N1 virus, however

The papyrus is just a few inches wide.

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The “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” Is Most Likely Not a Modern Fake

Chemical analyses show the text was written thousands of years ago

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There Are Regional Differences in Death Row Inmates’ Last Words

Southerners are more likely to say sorry, but that doesn’t mean they actually feel remorse

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Scientists Convince a Mouse’s Organ to Roll Back Its Own Aging

By triggering the expression of a specific gene, the mouse’s thymus reversed its aging

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Lawyers Who Make Less Money And Get Worse Grades Are the Happiest

Money can’t buy you happiness, even if you’re a lawyer

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Violinists Can’t Tell the Difference Between Old and New Instruments

Regardless, many report still preferring old-school violins made by Italian masters

The Midwest aglow with a visualization of photosynthetic fluorescence.

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Under the Summer Sun, the Corn Belt Is the Most Biologically Productive Place on Earth

During the peak growing season, the corn belt outproduces the Amazon

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Playing Video Games Could Actually Change Your Brain—But Not in a Bad Way

Despite video games’ bad rep, they might improve a person’s strategizing and multi-tasking abilities

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Nearly Half of Americans Believe At Least One Conspiracy Theory

William S. Burroughs once said, “Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.”

Could it be true vole love, or just a casual encounter? Depends on whether booze is involved.

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Drunken Prairie Voles Help Explain Alcohol’s Demons

Why do some people become more prone to attachment and sentimentality when drunk, while others tend to stray?

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