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Probiotics… for your face

March 1, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Acne sprouting from eating greasy food or too much chocolate is a bit of an old wives’ tale; these days we’re often told that bacteria is the real culprit. Now […]

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Sleep and memory are linked

January 28, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s not new information that as we age, sleep gets harder to come by. It’s also well known that our memory isn’t the sharpest as we climb higher in years. […]

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Some sperm swim to the beat of their own drummer

September 19, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Your boys might not swim straight. They could paddle along in a corkscrew pattern, or hyperactively wiggle in no pattern at all. But the truly vital discovery is that now […]

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Genetics, How Things Work, Science News

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