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Learning new skills can make older people's brains 30 years younger
Washington, July 19 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Learning new things can make older people's brains 30 years younger in just six weeks, according to a new research from University of California Riverside (UCR).
Australian finds message in a bottle written 50 years ago
Canberra, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) — A fisherman said on Wednesday he was looking for the author of a message in a bottle found off the southern Australian coast 50 years after it was written.
China to launch clinical trial of long-lasting HIV vaccine: paper
Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Chinese scientists will begin the second-phase clinical trial of an HIV vaccine on 160 volunteers, Friday's China Daily reported.
Woman who got postcard sent in 1993 tracks down sender
Springfield, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) — An Illinois woman who recently got a 1993 postcard in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two decades ago.
EPA rejects challenge of pesticide linked to brain damage
Washington, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) — The Environmental Protection Agency rejected a key legal challenge Thursday to a pesticide linked to brain damage in children, saying environmental groups had failed to prove that a ban was warranted.
Number of US overdose deaths appears to be falling
New York, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest.
US heat wave just warming up for long and scorching weekend
Detroit, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — The heat wave that has been roasting much of the U.S. in recent days is just getting warmed up, with temperatures expected to soar to dangerous levels through the weekend.
Owners of record-setting cats killed in fire sue chair-maker
Farmington Hills, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — The suburban Detroit owners of two record-setting cats killed in a house fire have filed a lawsuit blaming the maker of a massage chair for the blaze.
Group wants to end protections for seals to deal with sharks
Boston, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — A Massachusetts citizen's group is calling for eliminating federal protections for seals as Cape Cod officials seek ways to protect beachgoers from great white sharks.
All-white creature identified as rare albino porcupine
Kennebunkport, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — A curious visitor to a Maine train museum that resembled a white throw pillow or perhaps a lost toupee turned out to be a rare albino porcupine.