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Why Is My Eye Twitching Like That?!

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Why Can’t Everyone Touch Their Toes?

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People Say The Brain Is A “Muscle”. Turns Out, It’s Kind Of Truepink brain with arms and legs working out with barbells against a green background

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People Say The Brain Is A “Muscle”. Turns Out, It’s Kind Of Truepink brain with arms and legs working out with barbells against a green background
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People Say The Brain Is A “Muscle”. Turns Out, It’s Kind Of True

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Despite Being Pretty Much Useless, These Ear-Wiggling Muscles Still Attempt To Work

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Can Exercise Help Heal Damaged Neurons?Three women working out in a gym. They are pictured from the waist up, standing in a line facing towards the right. They are of diverse ethnicities and body types and appear to be performing squats in an exercise studio, wearing workout clothes.

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Can Exercise Help Heal Damaged Neurons?Three women working out in a gym. They are pictured from the waist up, standing in a line facing towards the right. They are of diverse ethnicities and body types and appear to be performing squats in an exercise studio, wearing workout clothes.
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Can Exercise Help Heal Damaged Neurons?

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“Exercise-In-A-Pill” Could Bring Dementia-Fighting Benefits To People Who Can't Work Out3D illustration of a bright blue human brain with arms and legs lifting weights, on a bright yellow background

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“Exercise-In-A-Pill” Could Bring Dementia-Fighting Benefits To People Who Can't Work Out

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Try This Simple Test That Can Reveal Your Body’s "True Age"

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Long COVID Fatigue May Be Down To A Protein That We Could Target With DrugsBlack woman in a pale aqua vest top and matching leggings, showing signs of fatigue after exercising outdoors

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Long COVID Fatigue May Be Down To A Protein That We Could Target With DrugsBlack woman in a pale aqua vest top and matching leggings, showing signs of fatigue after exercising outdoors
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Long COVID Fatigue May Be Down To A Protein That We Could Target With Drugs

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What Actually Is Muscle Memory?thought bubbles on a pink background, arranged in a square. From top left anticlockwise, the images show an aerial view of a man swimming butterfly, a close up of a violinist's left hand, a close up of someone lifting a small dumbell, and the legs and tires of someone mountain-biking in a forest

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What Actually Is Muscle Memory?thought bubbles on a pink background, arranged in a square. From top left anticlockwise, the images show an aerial view of a man swimming butterfly, a close up of a violinist's left hand, a close up of someone lifting a small dumbell, and the legs and tires of someone mountain-biking in a forest
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What Actually Is Muscle Memory?

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Smooth Walking Isn't Easy, But This State-Of-The-Art Bionic Ankle Can Do ItA photograph of the autonomous neuroprosthetic system, a prosthetic leg with a blade-shaped foot

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Smooth Walking Isn't Easy, But This State-Of-The-Art Bionic Ankle Can Do ItA photograph of the autonomous neuroprosthetic system, a prosthetic leg with a blade-shaped foot
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Smooth Walking Isn't Easy, But This State-Of-The-Art Bionic Ankle Can Do It

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Why Cheetahs Are The Fastest Animals On Land

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Why Do We Shrink As We Age?Elderly shrinking

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Why Do We Shrink As We Age?

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Long-COVID Can Destroy Your Ability To Exercise – Now We Know HowPerson in orange tank top holding orange dumbbells lying on floor looking tired and distressed

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Long-COVID Can Destroy Your Ability To Exercise – Now We Know How

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