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Top 10 American Innovations
Posted Date : 02-Mar-2010
Thomas Edison didn't conjure up the idea for a light bulb from thin air, but he did perfect its design, giving birth to the country's electric industry in the process. Edison's bulb lit up the world, one block at a time, beginning with his laborat ...
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Understanding the 10 Most Destructive Human Behaviors
Posted Date : 02-Mar-2010
We humans are evolutionarily set up to judge and talk about others, no matter how hurtful it might be, researchers say. Here's how Oxford primatologist Robin Dunbar sees it: Baboons groom each other to keep social ties strong. But we humans are more ...
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You and the Sun: 10 Burning Questions
Posted Date : 02-Mar-2010
While you bake in your lounge chair, ultraviolet light from the sun zaps through your skin and kills living cells that normally work to help make new skin. Ultraviolet A, UVA, can travel more deeply into the skin, but both UVA and UVB rays can burn s ...
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10 New Year Resolutions to Keep You Alive
Posted Date : 02-Mar-2010
It would have been too easy to make this No. 1 on the list. But to be honest, there are other resolutions that probably stand a greater chance of extending your life. Still, sex has many apparent health benefits, besides keeping you from going stark ...
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Top 10 Things that Make Humans Special
Posted Date : 02-Mar-2010
Most animals reproduce until they die, but in humans, females can survive long after ceasing reproduction. This might be due to the social bonds seen in humans -- in extended families, grandparents can help ensure the success of their families long a ...
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10 Surprising Sex Statistics
Posted Date : 01-Mar-2010
Sure, there's the obvious. But there's also an argument for men's biological drive to perpetuate their genes: An 18th-century Russian woman holds the world record for having birthed the most children: 69, which she had over the course of 27 pregna ...
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shocking snake stories
Posted Date : 01-Mar-2010
Imagine if you could stop eating for months, burn fat, grow taller, and be just fine! Marshall McCue at the University of Arkansas withheld food from 62 snakes -- ratsnakes, western diamondback rattlesnakes and ball pythons -- for about six months, t ...
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5 Myths about Women Bodies
Posted Date : 27-Feb-2010
Myth: A doctor can tell if a woman is a virgin. While a woman is unlikely to conceive during menstruation, ...
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5 Ways to Beef Up Your Brain
Posted Date : 27-Feb-2010
Forget where you left your keys this morning? Or maybe you left your umbrella in the office before a rainy evening. Don't worry, it's probably not a sign of Alzheimer's everyone is a little forgetful now and then. But the prevalence of Alzheimer's an ...
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7 Gadgets That Changed the World
Posted Date : 27-Feb-2010
ompanies like to call their new gadgets revolutionary. Amazon did it when it introduced its Kindle e-book reader in 2007, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs used the word often last week while unveiling his company's new iPad a tablet computer that also doubl ...
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