China's first female astronaut, Liu Yang, performs a Tai Chi routine during a night shift on the Tiangong - 1 Space Lab Module. Regular exercise is crucial for astronauts in space.
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About 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV - but about one in five of them don't know they're infected
Read More »Mexican doctors remove 33-pound tumor from 26-pound 2-year-old
Doctor says child was born with a lump that eventually covered the right side of his body from his armpit to his hip
Read More »21 most shocking medical scans
You won't believe what doctors caught on camera with medical imaging - Take a look for yourself
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Read More »With Yahoo Deal, Spotify Eyes 700M Potential Users
News updates all day from Fast Company. Spotify and Yahoo just announced a global distribution deal that will put Spotify in front of 700 million users--a hefty leg up from its current 10 million actives. It's another way the streaming company is making the experience less about its mothership interface.
Read More »EEG brain scans may detect signs of autism in 2-year-olds
Through electroencephalogram tests, researchers found 33 "factors" that distinguished the children with autism from their counterparts
Read More »Low-carb diets may burn the most calories
Researchers found that overweight people burned 350 more calories a day, on average, when they ate a low-carbohydrate diet, than when they ate a low-fat diet.
Read More »There’s More To Google’s Artificial Brain Than Finding Cats On The Internet
Google's got a brain. An actual electronic brain. The New York Times has news that inside Google's high-tech R&D "X" laboratory the search giant has been creating a simulation of the human brain.
Read More »Two cups of coffee per day may decrease odds of developing heart failure
Drinking two 8-ounce cups of coffee has been shown to lower heart failure risk by 11 percent
Read More »Study: Photos of treats may spark cravings
Just glancing at a photo of a rich and gooey chocolate cake can set your brain circuits sparking, switching on cravings and revving up your appetite, a new study shows.
Read More »Two hours of ozone exposure may create symptoms that lead to heart attacks, sudden death
Exposure to high levels of ozone found in major urban cities can cause inflammation and a decrease in clot-breaking proteins
Read More »Study to explore link between chronic stress and Alzheimer’s disease
U.K. research will take a closer look at people over 50 who have mild cognitive impairment and how stress aids in their development of dementia
Read More »Video: Bionic limbs giving new life to amputees
Researchers in Massachusetts have developed a prosthetic ankle that works more like the real thing than ever before. As Wyatt Andrews found out, many amputees see the limbs as so functional, they stop seeing themselves as impaired.
Read More »Here Are The Services, Businesses, And Markets Apple Just Shook Up
In a mammoth two-hour keynote at its developers conference, Apple just revealed an armload of hardware, software, and services that will have execs at the companies and industries below gripping their Aerons. Google One of the three centerpieces of Apple's keynote was iOS 6, which will launch with over 200 new features and will be backward compatible with Apple's iPhone 3GS--its entry level phone that dates from 2010, but is still on sale
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