Articles filed under Washington Post
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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 ...
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10 reasons kids should skip sodaSep 13, 2015 7:15 am - Every September I find myself writing an article about my kids falling off the nutritional wagon. Our summers are less structured than the school year, peppered with mor...
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How Durbin patiently won support for Iran dealSep 12, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's legislative victory this week on the Iran nuclear deal may not have occurred without a phone call in mid-July from Sen. Dick Durbin...
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Security tool can secretly take photos of the person trying to hack youSep 12, 2015 7:44 am - Have you ever gotten an email warning that someone is trying to hack into your account and wondered: Who is doing this to me? A password manager called LogMeOnce now giv...