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Facts about health, the human body, and well-being.
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Discovered in 2012, this microscopic mechanism pumps cerebrospinal fluid to wash away the day's neurotoxic waste.
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Far from inhaling air symmetrically, your nervous system inflates and deflates your nostrils in a continuous relay to optimize your smell and protect your lungs.
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For decades, endorphins were credited for post-workout bliss, but neuroscience discovered that the brain produces its own cannabinoid to dispel pain and anxiety.
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Scientists at the Pasteur Institute discovered a molecule in our own mouths capable of blocking pain with astonishing efficacy and without causing addiction.
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How a small muscle band in your calf acts as a circulatory pump and an autonomous metabolic reactor.
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Far from being simple salt water, crying triggered by intense feelings contains hormones like ACTH and endorphins to restore nervous balance.
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To maintain transparency and allow clear vision, the eye dispensed with capillaries and absorbs gas dissolved in the tear film.
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Your body performs an automatic double inhalation every five minutes to keep your lungs from deflating and to calibrate your nervous system.
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Science shows that emitting a simple vocal hum ventilates the paranasal sinuses, neutralizes pathogens, and optimizes cellular oxygenation.
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The human body's most resilient muscle and its secrets of longevity
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The human microbiome weighs 2 kilograms and controls everything from your mood to your immunity
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Discover how the AIRE protein recreates a library of your entire body to eliminate lymphocytes capable of attacking you by mistake.