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  1. Aging Lessons: Training gives elderly practical assistance

    Sessions aimed at improving memory, reasoning, or visual concentration in healthy elderly people yield notable cognitive returns, even 5 years later, a long-term study suggests. The training largely protected the participants from age-related declines in the ability to perform everyday tasks such as preparing meals, doing housework, and managing money. A handful of booster sessions […]

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  2. Animals

    No-Dad Dragons: Komodos reproduce without males

    Two female Komodo dragons in zoos have startled their keepers by laying viable eggs without males, possibly as a last resort at a time when mates are in increasingly short supply.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Transplant reaction reversed in patients

    From Orlando, Fla.,