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Mental Stimulation Postpones, Then Speeds Dementia

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 11:01pm CDT

Keeping an active mind helps stave off the development of dementia. But being mentally active might speed up Alzheimer's once it hits, according to new research from Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
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Former Skeptic Offers Ideas On Climate Change

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 2:00pm CDT

Bjorn Lomborg, the controversial Danish economist, has pushed his way back into the global warming debate with a book that proposes "smart solutions" to climate change. Those promised solutions rely heavily on R&D aimed at making clean energy cheap, rather than attempts to shut down dirty energy sources. Lomborg says his views haven't changed, but more people are willing to listen to him because international negotiations on limiting greenhouse emissions have accomplished so little.
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Time To Get Tough, Environmentalists Say

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm CDT

With no climate change legislation coming out of the Senate, Sierra Club head Michael Brune says it's time to try a new strategy to fight global warming. Author Bill McKibben says it's time to get angry. Brune and McKibben discuss their ideas for curbing climate change.
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Insomnia Means More Than A Bad Night's Sleep

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm CDT

A new study says men who reported having insomnia and who slept less than 6 hours a night were four times more likely to die over a 14-year period when compared to men who reported sleeping well. Sleep researcher and psychiatrist Alexandros Vgontzas explains the finding.
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Can Cognitive Exercise Speed Up Dementia?

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm CDT

New research suggests that seniors who did mentally stimulating activities such as crossword puzzles postponed the loss of thinking skills, but had an accelerated rate of decline once dementia set in later in life. Neuropsychologist Robert S. Wilson explains the finding.
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Stocky Dinosaur With Menacing Toes Unearthed

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm CDT

Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe a new predatory dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period in Europe. Balaur bondoc (Romanian for "stocky dragon") is huskier than its relative the Velociraptor.
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Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious?

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm CDT

Reporting in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers write that organically grown strawberries contain more antioxidants and vitamin C than conventional berries. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the findings, and whether the differences would have any meaningful impact on Americans' health.
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No God Needed To Create Universe, Hawking Says; Your Thoughts?

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 9:39am CDT

The famed physicist argues in a new book that "spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing."
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