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A higher level of the fat that gathers around organs has been linked to faster brain aging in a new study, with glucose and ...

In the past, Graves has called the Y chromosome the "DNA junkyard". Creating lots of copies of a gene can boost the odds that ...

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A strange mouse study suggests that the brain isn't a 'blank slate' at birth, waiting for memories to be written onto it.

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