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Mathematician Publishes 2012 Major League Baseball Projections
March 28, 2012 The Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds will make it to Major League Baseball's ... > full story -
Competition-Linked Bursts of Testosterone Are Fundamental Aspect of Human Biology, Study of Amazonian Tribe Suggests
March 27, 2012 Though Tsimane men have a third less baseline testosterone compared with U.S. men, Tsimane show the same increase in testosterone following a soccer game, suggesting that competition-linked bursts of ... > full story -
Skaters' Brains: Specialized Training of Complex Motor Skills May Induce Sports-Specific Structural Changes in Cerebellum
March 26, 2012 Specialized training of complex motor skills may induce sports-specific structural changes in the human ... > full story -
Exercise Is Not Enough for Sedentary Workers
March 23, 2012 Good physical condition is a route to better health, and in order to improve it, exercising several days a week is recommended. Although it is possible to become healthier by exercising, long daily ... > full story -
Runner's High Motivated the Evolution of Exercise, Research Suggests
March 22, 2012 Runners often extol the virtues of the runner's high, but now a team of researchers suggest that the runner's high could have evolved to motivate us to exercise as part of our early long-distance ... > full story -
Fewer Injuries for Winning Soccer Teams
March 22, 2012 All soccer players and fans know that it is better to win than to lose. Yet the fact that victory also means less risk of injury is not as ... > full story -
Pediatricians Sound Alarm on Overuse Sports Injuries
March 22, 2012 Baseball shoulder, gymnast wrist, runner’s knee. These are just a few of the labels sports medicine specialists use to describe the increasing number of repetitive-use injuries they see in ... > full story -
Jellyfish Inspires Latest Ocean-Powered Robot
March 21, 2012 Researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, ... > full story -
Exercise Can Lead to Female Orgasm, Sexual Pleasure
March 19, 2012 Findings from a first-of-its-kind study confirm anecdotal evidence that exercise -- absent sex or fantasies -- can lead to female orgasm. "These data are interesting because they suggest that orgasm ... > full story -
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Japanese Honeybees Swarm Huge Hornet Predator to Kill It With Heat
March 14, 2012 Japanese honeybees face a formidable foe in the Asian giant hornet, a fierce predator that can reach 40mm long or larger, but the bees have developed a novel defense mechanism: they create a "hot ... > full story
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