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Only certain types of brain-training exercises reduce dementia risk, large trial reveals - By - Kamal Nahas - published - 10 February 26 - A large, 20-year trial showed that speedy cognitive exercises could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The question is, could these tasks be adapted into video games?

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Scientists infiltrated volunteers' dreams to boost their creative thinking - By - RJ Mackenzie - published - 10 February 26 - A small study hints that you can "trigger" memories of specific puzzles while a person dreams and that the dreamer may be more likely to solve the puzzle the next day.

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CT scans reveal the last moments of Inca children sacrificed as 'messengers to the gods' By - Tom Metcalfe - published - 10 February 26 - New CT scans reveal the last moments of the Inca children who were sacrificed and mummified about 500 years ago.

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The largest reservoir of hydrogen on Earth may be hiding in its core - By - Sascha Pare - published - 10 February 26 - Earth's core contains nine to 45 times more hydrogen than the planet's oceans do, according to a new study that could settle a debate about when and how hydrogen was delivered to Earth.

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New 'sungrazing' comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day - if the sun doesn't destroy it - By - Harry Baker - published - 9 February 26 - The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early April, and could become bright enough to be seen without a telescope during the day.

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Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discover - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 9 February 26 - Archaeological remains on the Kitsissut islands off the coast of Greenland reveal that whole communities regularly journeyed across the dangerous Arctic waters.

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