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The Brains of Early Birds and Night Owls

2:12 PM, April 23, 2009 | Comments (4)

Early birds wake up at the crack of dawn and struggle to stay alert and productive (especially in the cognitive realm) in the evening. Night owls perform well in the evening but are worthless if you yank them out of bed too early in the morning. There...

The Blob That Didn't Eat the Universe

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Even Avatars Are Racist?

12:17 PM, September 12, 2008 | Comments (30)

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PSA, RIP

Sharon Begley | Apr 6, 2007 01:35 PM

That is, unfortunately, only a slight exaggeration when it comes to the PSA test for prostate cancer. First came studies finding that early detection of prostate cancer does not improve survival (there are a number of such studies, but one in the Archives... More

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Hormone Redux

Sharon Begley | Apr 6, 2007 12:12 PM

In the interest of collegiality, we're not going to name names, but what is it with journalists and hormones? No, I mean the kind that women take to relieve symptoms of menopause and that they were not-so-long-ago told to take to prevent heart disease.... More

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