Articles filed under Washington Post
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Honey is just as bad as high-fructose corn sweetenerSep 19, 2015 7:15 am - Honey has an aura of purity and naturalness. Fresh air, birdsong, forests and meadows. High-fructose corn sweetener? Not so much. So you might think that honey is bette...
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How human society was built by grandmasSep 19, 2015 7:00 am - Grandmothers: They feed you, they spoil you, they constantly needle you about your relationship status. And, according to anthropologist Kristen Hawkes, they might be th...
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The worst time to eat is a matter of debateSep 19, 2015 7:00 am - Loath as you may be to admit it, chances are that at some point you have found yourself in the kitchen late at night, devouring some sweet, salty or carb-rich treat even...
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Scientists have discovered why running makes you happySep 18, 2015 5:45 am - If you're a big runner like me you know what I'm talking about when I describe that euphoric feeling you get in the middle of your workout - when your feet feel like the...
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Could humans live to 150?Sep 15, 2015 5:45 am - Molecular biologist David Sinclair wants to revolutionize the way people age. Sinclair is 46, but he's been obsessed with what he calls "the gravity of life" since he w...
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If your mouth itches when you eat fruit, pollen may be the culpritSep 14, 2015 5:45 am - My mouth sometimes itches when I eat raw apples, peaches or cherries. It is so annoying that I often avoid those fruits. Strangely, cherry pie never gives me a problem. ...
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Why dirt and cows can help keep kids allergy-freeSep 14, 2015 5:45 am - People who grow up on farms — especially dairy farms — have way fewer allergy and asthma problems than the rest of us. Now one research team thinks they've brought scien...
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Harvard Business School alums: Top U.S. priority should be fighting inequalitySep 13, 2015 7:43 am - Harvard Business School alumni are more concerned with rising inequality, worsening poverty and the stagnating middle class than they are with slow economic growth, acco...
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The schools driving America's student loan crisisSep 13, 2015 7:41 am - WASHINGTON - In August 2014, network technicians opened a special connection between computers at the federal departments of Education and Treasury. On nights and weeken...
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The crazy reason it costs $14,000 to treat a snakebite with $14 medicineSep 13, 2015 7:34 am - Every once in awhile somebody will go and get themselves bitten by a venomous snake, and come home with an outrageous hospital bill that makes headlines. Nobody expects ...