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Chocolate Milk Does a Body Good

“We don’t yet understand exactly what mechanism is causing low-fat chocolate milk to give athletes these advantages—that will take more research.” Drinking low-fat.

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Junk Food Worse than Lard for Weight Gain

The researchers note that rats fed the tasty, highly palatable cafeteria diet ate more food—about 30 percent more calories—than those eating high-fat or.

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How to Take a Dinosaur’s Temperature

Caltech biologist Robert Eagle drills into a sauropod tooth to get a sample of enamel. How warm was a dinosaur’s blood? Researchers report.

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Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia

Photo of the 17-million-year-old molar tooth of the hominoid from Engelswies. (Credit: Böhme) Africa is regarded as the center of evolution of humans.

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Pitchers Bean More Batters in the Heat of the Summer

“When a batter is hit by the opposing team, his teammates don’t know if it was an accident or deliberate.” During spring training,.

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Teen Brains Predict Song Popularity

The results suggest it may be possible to use brain responses from a group of people to predict cultural phenomenon across a population.

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Moderate to Intense Exercise May Protect Brain

Moderate to Intense Exercise May Protect Brain Older people who regularly exercise at a moderate to intense level may be less likely to.

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Even Ancient Men Seemed to Like Their Man Caves

The concept of the “man cave” has been entrenched in the human lineage for far longer than thought, according to new research that.

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Tornado kills at least 89 in SW Missouri city

“I don’t know the extent of this yet, but I know I’ll have friends and family dead.” JOPLIN, Mo.—A massive tornado that tore.

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Arkansas Tornadoes Add to Possible April Record

This image, courtesy of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in San Diego, Calif., shows tornado reports April 1-24, 2011 in the central.

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