Saturday, December 31, 2016

NPR News: A Skeptic Fact-Checks Yoga's Health Claims And Goes With The Om

A Skeptic Fact-Checks Yoga's Health Claims And Goes With The Om
Yoga has been promoted as the cure for many ills, from diabetes to insomnia. Scientific proof is mixed. But this skeptic says if yoga makes climbing the stairs hurt less, that's good enough.

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NPR News: When Bats Squeak, They Tend To Squabble

When Bats Squeak, They Tend To Squabble
Researchers have found new clues to how bats communicate. And it turns out they tend to argue — a lot. The research could lead to a broader understanding of animal communication.

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NPR News: When Bats Squeak, They Tend To Squabble

When Bats Squeak, They Tend To Squabble
Researchers have found new clues to how bats communicate. And it turns out they tend to argue — a lot. The research could lead to a broader understanding of animal communication.

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NPR News: By Returning To Farming's Roots, He Found His American Dream

By Returning To Farming's Roots, He Found His American Dream
David Fisher's farm is a kind of American Dream. Not the conventional one of upward economic mobility. This is the utopian version, the uncompromising pursuit of a difficult agrarian ideal.

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NPR News: From Psychedelics To Alzheimer's, 2016 Was A Good Year For Brain Science

From Psychedelics To Alzheimer's, 2016 Was A Good Year For Brain Science
A woman with ALS was able to type just by thinking about the letters, and people with cancer found their anxiety and depression erased by a single encounter with magic mushrooms.

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NPR News: From Psychedelics To Alzheimer's, 2016 Was A Good Year For Brain Science

From Psychedelics To Alzheimer's, 2016 Was A Good Year For Brain Science
A woman with ALS was able to type just by thinking about the letters, and people with cancer found their anxiety and depression erased by a single encounter with magic mushrooms.

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Friday, December 30, 2016

NPR News: "Panda Grandpa" Pan Pan Dies In China

"Panda Grandpa" Pan Pan Dies In China
Pan Pan, who died this week at the age of 31, was known as the "panda grandpa": He has some 130 descendants worldwide, accounting for a quarter of the world's captive giant pandas.

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