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According to a report published Thursday in the Journal Of Applied Psychology, the act of getting out of bed in the morning dramatically increases the risk of things becoming even worse. “No matter how bad things were upon waking up, the very moment our trial subjects pulled off the...

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Australian researchers have come up with a non-invasive ultrasound technology that clears the brain of neurotoxic amyloid plaques - structures that are responsible for memory loss and a decline in cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients. If a person has Alzheimer’s disease,...

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A vaccine introduced a decade ago to combat the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer has already reduced the virus’s prevalence in teenage girls by almost two-thirds, federal researchers said Monday. Even for women in their early 20s, a group with lower vaccination rates,...

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Cheering news for those with a sweet tooth - a recent study has found that regular chocolate consumption is associated with better cognitive function. According to the study, published in the journal Appetite, chocolate consumption was found to be associated with cognitive performance...

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Pope Francis suggested Thursday that women who are at risk of contracting the Zika virus can use artificial contraception to avoid having children with birth defects linked to the disease. Scientists believe that the Zika virus, a disease spread by mosquitoes, could be linked to thousands of...

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Last week the French Minister of Ecology and Energy announced that France would cover over 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) of their roads with photovoltaic solar cells. Installing the solar-panel surface over the 621 miles of existing roads is expected to take five years. The surface is 7 mm thick,...

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For decades, ovarian cancer has been touted as the "silent killer" because of the disease's assumed lack of early warning signs and symptoms. There are cases, however, when symptoms do appear. In 2007, the American Cancer Society, the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, and the Society of...

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After 100 years of searching, an international team of physicists has confirmed the existence of Einstein's gravitational waves, marking one of the biggest astrophysical discoveries of the past century. It's a huge deal, because it not only improves our understanding of how the Universe...

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Bottled water is one of the greatest marketing scams of the modern age. Take PepsiCo’s Aquafina brand, for example. Just by including a picture of mountains on the label, we are led to believe that this water originates from a natural drinking source. It’s essentially the same tactic...

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This stunning giraffe has not been photoshopped, she’s real! Omo, the 15-month-old beauty whose skin looks as if it was bleached, is suffering from leucism. It’s a condition that results in a partial loss of pigmentation. She was spotted in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania by Dr...

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Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown, two CalTech scientists, say the new planet is about 10 times the mass of Earth and has an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. Science magazine reports that the mysterious "Planet X" moves in a distant orbit beyond Neptune. The researchers haven't...

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Around a third of people suffer from some level of anxiety when it comes to air travel, with even the most cool-headed of travelers often needing a stiff drink before a long flight. But would you feel any more comfortable flying if your plane was installed with this new "safety system"...

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The five brightest planets will align in Australia’s morning skies tomorrow for the first time in more than 10 years. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will rise together in a line that stretches from high in the north to low in the eastern horizon. According to Professor Rachel...

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Cocaine can cause the brain to eat itself, new research reveals. Experts found the drug can trigger out-of-control “autophagy” – a process by which cells literally digest themselves. Almost one in 10 of all 16-to 59-year-olds have used cocaine in their lifetime. It is the...

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Finding yourself easily distracted at work may sound like a bad thing but there could be a silver lining to your daily office woes. Workers who have trouble concentrating on a daily basis may be intellectually superior to their colleagues, according to a new study. Intelligent people may find...