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Across all the trials, a modest but noticeable short-term effect was found, translating to up to a 28 percent reduction in ...

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You might want to consider mixing up the different types of exercise you do throughout the week: a new study has found a significant link between a greater variety of physical activities and a lower ...

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In a controversial study published in April last year, researchers described an astonishing phenomenon: a forest of Norway ...

Humanity has worked itself into a position where we can detect a single high-energy particle from space and wonder where in ...

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After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney transplants: being able to transfer ...