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When the researchers boosted production of one of these transcription factors in the liver cells of elderly mice, they ...

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We know what will happen to the Sun and our Solar System because we can look outward into the galaxy and examine older ...

An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least 1 ...

In early January, a giant sinkhole formed at an intersection in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of North Philadelphia after a ...

Numerous studies have shown that exercise lowers blood pressure, but the 2021 research suggests that "maintaining physical activity during young adulthood – at higher levels than previously ...

High blood sugar spikes after meals could be a contributing factor to Alzheimer's risk, according to a new study that gives ...

Excessive sitting isn't good for a person's physical or mental health, but there's a type of sedentary activity that may not ...

As we age, the immune system gradually declines in function, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease. Scientists have ...

The dark bowels of a limestone cave on Muna Island, off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia, just yielded an ancient secret.

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