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Could a pint of cider help keep the doctor away?

The saying goes that an apple a day keeps the doctor away but now scientists at the University of Glasgow are looking into whether a pint of cider could have the same effect. Researchers have discovered that English cider ...

Medicine & Health /

created Aug 28, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Remote Island Provides Clues on Population Growth, Environmental Degradation

Halfway between South America and New Zealand, in the remote South Pacific, is Rapa. This horseshoe-shaped, 13.5 square-mile island of volcanic origin, located essentially in the middle of nowhere, is “a microcosm ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 28, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Brain's Filing System Uncovered

Socks in the sock drawer, shirts in the shirt drawer, the time-honored lessons of helping organize one’s clothes learned in youth. But what parts of the brain are used to encode such categories as socks, shirts, ...

Medicine & Health /

created Aug 28, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (54) | comments 0


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