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Is cancer a price for a big brain?
Our big brain makes us superior to chimpanzees, but according to a new hypothesis, we may be paying for this size: that is the higher rate of cancer.
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Gene can decide the age of death
Genetic characteristics may be a factor that makes women like sex sooner or later, a study shows.
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People with high IQs have a lower risk of death
A study involving one million Swedes revealed a strong connection between intellectual ability and risk of death.
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Remember the 9/11 case more than your birthday
A psychological study shows, the history shocks are most remembered by people, more than their own major events.
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Molecular control of blood pressure
Scientists at the Department of Dentistry, Oregon University of Science and Health, have discovered that nerve cells that control heart rate and blood pressure synthesiz…
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Mortality rate increased due to suicide support service.
Frieda Felger, 97 when she died, was one of many elderly people in Germany who chose suicide to end her life.
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421,000 bites and 20,000 deaths from snakebites annually.
Snake bites are the cause of many world deaths and injuries, and are a significant risk to public health.
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The thought of death stimulates the appetite
Will watching TV news or crime programs make you eat too much? According to a new study in consumer research, people eat more while thinking about their own deaths.
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High school will live long
The higher your education level is, the longer your life expectancy is. The reason is that educated people will have better financial resources, higher access to health…
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The boundary between life and human death
How spicy can you eat? How many bees will cause you to die? What sound is too loud for humans? The BBC Focus Magazine has conducted a series of experiments to understand…
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Trying to live for a loved one is a fantasy
Most of us have heard stories about a dying person who has tried to live until his or her birthday or a special holiday, like a wedding for their children.
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Identified the date of death and the burial place of the Mona Lisa?
An Italian researcher claims he knows the exact date of the death of Mona Lisa, the protagonist of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting and her burial place.
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Death deep in Mongolia
The eel eels have the ability to release high power up to 500-650 volts, to paralyze or kill prey. Up to 600,000
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The real solution for
The name Bermuda Triangle is used to refer to the waters between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.