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11:03am, 10th April, 2019

Higher lead in topsoil boosts probability of cognitive difficulties in 5-year-old boys

(Carnegie Mellon University) Researchers sought to estimate the effects of exposure to lead in topsoil on the cognitive ability of 5-year-olds in the United States. The study found that higher lead in topsoil significantly increases the probability t...

5:04pm, 24th March, 2019

Humans

Exercise adds up to big brain boosts

(Cognitive Neuroscience Society) In new work being presented this week about the effects of exercise on the brain at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) in San Francisco, researchers are finding that brain changes that occur after a single worko...

1:23pm, 3rd October, 2018

Space

Hubble Space Telescope boosts evidence for first exomoon seen circling alien planet

An artist’s impression shows the Jupiter-sized exoplanet Kepler-1625b transiting its parent star with the Neptune-sized candidate exomoon in tow. (Dan Durda Illustration) With a lot of help from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers now feel confid...

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Higher lead in topsoil boosts probability of cognitive difficulties in 5-year-old boys

Exercise adds up to big brain boosts

Hubble Space Telescope boosts evidence for first exomoon seen circling alien planet

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