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In a Study on Mice, Scientists Show How the Brain Washes Itself During Sleep
The brain's waste-removal process is "like turning on the dishwasher," a neurologist says, but common sleep medications may ...
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Freshwater Animals Are More Fragile Than Thought, With Nearly a Quarter Threatened With Extinction, Study Finds
Species in Lake Victoria, Lake Titicaca, Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone and the Western Ghats of India are particularly vulnerable to ...
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Thousands of Book Lovers Gather for a 25-Hour-Long ‘Moby Dick’ Reading Marathon
The annual event takes place in the Massachusetts town of New Bedford, which is where Herman Melville's celebrated 1851 novel ...
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See the Splendor of the Majestic Rocky Mountains
View 15 awe-inspiring images of this range from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...