Feeling nervous? Work the system
Take a deep breath — there are tons of ways to regulate your nervous system
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What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers
An inhibitor in the movie uses a real-world therapy called RNA interference
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Why Epstein-Barr Virus Is Called the 'Everything Virus'
Nearly everyone is infected, but a small number develop lifelong illness.
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To nap or not to nap? Science is still waking up to the question
Sleep strategies need to be tailored to individuals, studies suggest
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How the body adapts to extreme heat
New methods could help vulnerable people acclimate to higher temperatures
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COVID-19 vaccine may offer brain cancer patients a surprise survival benefit
A preliminary, non-peer-reviewed study found that people with glioblastoma who received a COVID-19 vaccine within 100 days before biopsy or surgery lived twice as long as unvaccinated patients. The work shows an association, not cause and effect.
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