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Disinfectants may not just be the problem, they may also be the cure
2009-12-28
disinfection antibiotics bacteria training resistance evolutionA Swiss freediver held his breath underwater for 19 minutes and 21 seconds, according to news reports this week. The gasp-inducing feat beat the previous world record by 19 seconds, and blew away the record of 17 minutes and four seconds that magician David Blaine set on Oprah Winfrey's talk show in 2008.
2010-02-17
breathing time oxygen water training pain trickBecoming a musician messes with your brain. But in a good way. The cognitive benefits that a musical training can produce are so diverse and impressive – improved visual, spatial, verbal, mathematical and motor skills, for instance – that you could be forgiven for thinking this is why all children should have one. But think twice before you make this the reason to enrol little Phoebe for violin lessons. If we start valuing music only for...
2010-06-04
brain music training map visualization sound noteSynchronous music, where stride length is matched to musical tempo, can have metronomic effects on the body by allowing athletes to run for longer.
2010-07-28
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