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Scientists Find Another Possible Explanation For Why Hair Goes Grey
Scientists think they have stumbled upon a newly discovered mechanism that could explain why some people’s hair turns grey and others become afflicted with patches of unpigmented skin, a rare, stigmatised condition called vitiligo. Their research, published last Thursday in PLOS Biology, suggests a gene that regulates the natural pigment melanin also keeps our immune…
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A Surprising Number Of Young Kids Think Birthday Parties Are The Cause Of Ageing
New research shows that many young children, prior to reaching the age of six or seven, mistakenly believe that birthday parties cause ageing. It’s a truly adorable finding, but the study also offers an important glimpse into the developing brain and our early tendency to seek out causal explanations for the unfolding world around us.
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Signs Of Alzheimer’s Detected In Brains Of Chimps For First Time
Humans are the only animals known to develop Alzheimer’s disease, an age-related brain disorder that causes impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioural problems. Or at least, that’s what we thought. For the first time ever, researchers are claiming to have found signs of the disease in the brains of elderly chimps — a discovery that…
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The Last Person Born In The 19th Century Died And So Will You
Humans start getting ready to die as soon as they are born. But for some, that process takes a whole lot longer than it does for everyone else.