A new study shows that the so-called "exercise hormone" irisin targets cells that control the formation and breakdown of bone, Harvard said.
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A SpaceX delivery full of Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, following a slight delay caused by a communication drop-out.
Scientists think they’ve figured out the falling dominoes that led to Earth’s largest mass extinction and worry that human-caused climate change puts the planet on a vaguely similar path.
A woman who received the uterus has given birth to a healthy child, researchers in Brazil said. It is the first such birth to be reported.
Scientists say the amount of meltwater running off of the Greenland ice sheet has increased in modern times because of climate change, and rapid increases could be ahead.
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For 40 years, computer scientists looked for a solution that doesn’t exist
MIT researchers demonstrate that it’s impossible to find a faster way of computing “edit distance.”
A study suggests that tuning into the sound of your own chewing can help you eat mindfully--and therefore less.
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