Cutting fat between young adults and mid-life can reduce half your risk of dying prematurely, a new study shows. Reductions in body mass index (BMI) between the ages of 25 and 40 are critical to living a long life, US researchers said. People whose BMIs went from the ‘obese’ range …
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The fossil eye of an extinct sea creature that lived 429 million years ago has been analyzed for the first time by scientists. The analysis shows that it is similar to the visual organ of some modern animals, such as dragonflies, bees and crabs. The prehistoric peeper belonged to a …
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The world’s oldest mattress revealed: archaeologists discover traces of 200,000-year-old bedding made of grass and ashes in the South African cave Archaeologists have found the bedding near the border between South Africa and Swaziland The bedding was made with a mixture of grass and ashes to keep bugs away Is …
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CT scan shows parasite of ‘tongue-eating lice’ instead of the tongue of a fish after the organ has sucked blood and mucus A biologist who studied a species of fish found a parasite in his mouth The isopod had fed on the liquids in the tongue of the fish until …
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‘Oldest known cremation in the Middle East’ is revealed as a young adult who was injured by a flint projectile 9,000 years ago, several months before her death in Israel Investigators discovered evidence of ancient cremation in northern Israel The find included the remains of a corpse that had been …
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