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13 January 2018

Issue 3160

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No sweat: When, how and how much should I exercise?
No sweat: Does high-intensity interval training work?
No sweat: How can marathon runners avoid hitting 鈥榯he wall鈥?
No sweat: Does stretching before and after a workout help?
No sweat: Does listening to music make exercise easier?
No sweat: Can I tailor my exercise to burn more fat?
No sweat: Is exercising inside or outside better for you?
No sweat: Is yoga a proper workout?
No sweat: Are sports drinks worth the money?
No sweat: Should my muscles be hurting days after a workout?
No sweat: Does carb loading improve performance?
Unearthed: Why we've got monuments like Stonehenge all wrong
News
Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did
Latest measurement of a proton's mass has got physicists puzzled
Storm waves can move boulders heavier than the Statue of Liberty
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We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

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Science helped cause the opioid crisis 鈥 now it must make amends

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Science helped cause the opioid crisis 鈥 now it must make amends

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No sweat: Does high-intensity interval training work?

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Unearthed: Why we've got monuments like Stonehenge all wrong

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No sweat: Should my muscles be hurting days after a workout?

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The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic

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No sweat: Does listening to music make exercise easier?

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No sweat: Are sports drinks worth the money?

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No sweat: Does stretching before and after a workout help?

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No sweat: Is exercising inside or outside better for you?

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No sweat: How can marathon runners avoid hitting 鈥榯he wall鈥?

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Science helped cause the opioid crisis 鈥 now it must make amends

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Science helped cause the opioid crisis 鈥 now it must make amends

A US commission recommending how to solve the painkiller addiction killing 175 Americans a day also shows how opinion got in the way of fact to help cause the problem

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Blood test spots ovarian cancer years before it is usually found

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Blood test spots ovarian cancer years before it is usually found

A blood test can spot the telltale signs of ovarian cancer before it is too late A blood test that detects ovarian cancer in its early stages may reduce the deadliness of the disease. Ovarian cancer is known as the 鈥渟ilent killer鈥 because most patients don鈥檛 know they have it until it spreads to other …

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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Space

Weird dim star isn't due to alien megastructure - it's just dust

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A daily blast of sound and electrical pulses may tame tinnitus

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Humans

Baby skeleton from Alaska reveals origins of Native Americans

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Space

Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive

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Technology

A new bitcoin Ponzi scheme or scam pops up almost every day

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Physics

Largest prime number ever found has over 23 million digits

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Earth

'Thrill-seeking' genes could help birds escape climate change

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Life

Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change

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Space

The universe could be full of more huge stars than we thought

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Life

How besieged ants decide when it鈥檚 time to abandon their nests

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Fight continues over whether sex addiction is a real thing

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Technology

How to protect yourself from the Meltdown and Spectre bugs

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Life

Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did

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Freeze-dried valves used in animal heart surgery for first time

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Technology

Sex tweets help track spread of sexually transmitted infections

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Technology

AI listens in on emergency calls to diagnose cardiac arrest

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Life

Invasive toxic pufferfish causes havoc in European waters

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Earth

Extreme weather in US and Australia may be due to climate change

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People with diabetes seem to be protected against migraine

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Finland to trial nasal spray as gambling addiction treatment

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Life

Smell of death tells undertaker bees it's time to remove corpses

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Latest measurement of a proton's mass has got physicists puzzled

News

Earth

Storm waves can move boulders heavier than the Statue of Liberty

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Analysis

Person stood on a hill against a dark sky with the Milky Way visible, shining a torch upwards

Life

Why complex life could prove remarkably common in the universe

There could be a whole zoo up there Do we live on a rare earth , so exceptional that it is pretty much alone in hosting a rich diversity of life, with almost all other planets being home to simple microbes at best? Or are we in a universe teeming with living things as complex …

News

Technology

We should teach kids how to use social media, not scare them off

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Space

We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

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Aperture

light pillars

Earth

Spectacular light pillars rise up in frozen North America

THERE is a colourful upside to the freezing temperatures sweeping across parts of North America this week. These light pillars 鈥 captured here in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 鈥 are more usual in polar regions, but have been seen as far south as Ohio in recent weeks. Light pillars are an optical illusion that results …

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Don't sweat it: The scientific guide to getting fit

IT'S A tradition as time-honoured as the countdown to the New Year – setting goals for the coming 12 months. Perhaps unsurprisingly after the excess of the holidays, polls invariably cite the most common resolutions as focusing on diet, exercise and weight loss. The benefits are undeniable. As well as helping you tone up and …

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No sweat: When, how and how much should I exercise?

Features

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No sweat: Does high-intensity interval training work?

Features

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No sweat: How can marathon runners avoid hitting 鈥榯he wall鈥?

Features

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No sweat: Does stretching before and after a workout help?

Features

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No sweat: Does listening to music make exercise easier?

Features

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No sweat: Can I tailor my exercise to burn more fat?

Features

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No sweat: Is exercising inside or outside better for you?

Features

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No sweat: Is yoga a proper workout?

Features

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No sweat: Are sports drinks worth the money?

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No sweat: Should my muscles be hurting days after a workout?

Features

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No sweat: Does carb loading improve performance?

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The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic

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Humans

Unearthed: Why we've got monuments like Stonehenge all wrong

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Culture

Life

Trophy: Is hunting really the only way to save big game?

A film on white hunters and landowners offers a strong conservation case for killing Africa's big beasts, but it sidelines local black people who may disagree

Culture

Humans

Sniff the apocalypse: An art show with perfume for the end times

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Crossword #14

Crossword No14 ACROSS 8 Miniature water buffalo of south-east Asia (4) 9 Compounds containing the P 3- ion (10) 10 Brightest star in the Gemini constellation (6) 11 Aluminosilicate mineral containing calcium, sodium or potassium (8) 12 Primo ___ (1919鈥87), chemist and writer, author of The Periodic Table (1975) (4) 13 Term describing a sub-category …

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