Eating protein three times a day could make our seniors stronger

Written by McGill University Health Centre

Loss of muscle is an inevitable consequence of aging that can lead to frailty, falls or mobility problems. Eating enough protein is one way to remedy it, but it would seem that spreading protein equally among the three daily meals could be linked to greater mass and muscle strength in the elderly.

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De-frazzling the Frizzler’s Frazzle using Cubes and Cuboids

Written by Geraint Hughes

When a climate alarmist, here-in and hence forth known as the Frizzler’s, try to bedazzle you with blinding science, telling you that harmful back radiation rays are going to frazzle the Earth, leaving everything asunder and barren you need to be able to provide examples which show how utterly ridiculous they are.

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Humans still evolving, large-scale study of genetic data shows

Written by Columbia University

In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers at Columbia University find that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer’s disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that natural selection is weeding out these unfavorable variants in both populations.

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Are new-found Signals from Distant Galaxies Really Aliens?

Written by Greg Wilford

‘Invoking aliens as a potential solution to an ongoing mystery is lazy,’ complains science writer. Mysterious signals detected in a distant galaxy by astronomers working for Stephen Hawking’s project to find alien life have sparked a debate over whether they could be from UFOs.

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Would you take a ride in a pilotless sky taxi?

Written by Padraig Belton

Still from video of Volocopter flying across cityImage copyright: RTA/VOLOCOPTER
Image caption: Dubai says it will begin a five-year test period of the Volocopter later in 2017

Tech companies are competing to develop the first viable passenger-carrying sky taxis, whether manned or pilotless, but how soon could these clever copters really be whizzing over our cities? And would you trust one?

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