Researchers have proposed new diagnosis, mild behavioral impairment, along with a 34-question checklist to identify people at greater risk for Alzheimer’s.

It’s been a while since President Obama threw someone under the bus, but his time remaining in the Oval Office is short, and it would have been a shame to have let him leave office without once last stint behind the steering wheel. Could it have happened to a more deserving guy than Rahm Emanuel?

Interesting — introduction video shows Obama ignoring advice from Rahm Emmanuel, no favorite of progressives, on healthcare bill
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) July 28, 2016

Interesting that the DNC video introducing Obama just framed Rahm Emanuel an advocate to kill Obamacare…

Poor physical fitness may be second only to smoking as a risk factor for premature death.

Vice President Joe Biden, after striding on stage to the theme from “Rocky,” spoke glowingly of candidate Hillary Clinton and managed for the most part to convince America that he should have run instead. Love or hate him, he was a hard act to follow.

Tim Kaine is an able, competent politician. But, man, after that Biden speech and the expectation of the Obama speech, he is overshadowed…

Long before the modern scientist took charge of our pursuit of the unknown, we had an entirely different figure at the helm—the mystic. Alchemists, fortune-tellers, and sorcerers of all kinds claimed to have answers to the questions on our minds. Though many were simple charlatans, knowingly spreading lies in the pursuit of wealth and fame, […]
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As President Obama addresses the delegates inside the Wells Fargo arena in Philadelphia, there’s a little bit of chaos outside, including this moron who set himself on fire while trying to burn the American flag:

A protester just caught on fire trying to stomp on a burning flag. #DNCinPHL #DemsInPhilly #DemConvention pic.twitter.com/tgnf5NqNmW
— Natalie DiBlasio (@ndiblasio) July 28, 2016

Best…

Through conducting large numbers of research polls each year, data analysts can predict future trends and also better decipher past behavioral patterns. Many new polls, can yield surprising and odd results. Sometimes, these findings can even lead to shocking revelations about human behavior that were previously unknown, reminding us that humans are thoroughly complex and […]
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A social media campaign disparaged by some as “slacktivism” raised $115 million and encouraged research.

Sen. Tim Kaine started off his acceptance speech in Philadelphia tonight with a shout-out to his son, a U.S. Marine who just deployed overseas to, in Kaine’s words, “protect the NATO to protect and defend the very NATO alliesTrump wants to abandon.” Kaine ended it with, “Semper Fi.”
That should have been a good applause line for the gathered Democrats, but it wasn’t — at all…

The relationship between human beings and our natural world has always been a complex one. Although Americans’ frontier ancestors cultivated in us a man vs. nature mentality, the modern world requires a subtler approach. The effects we have on our environment—and it on us—are not always so clear-cut. 10 Warmer Climates Contribute To Violence Many […]
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