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With Lamb, Coriander, and Leeks, These Decoded Babylonian Recipes Reveal Ancient Culinary Traditions

[ad_1] The world’s oldest recipes, eating habits, and even culinary culture have been decoded by Babylonian scholars at Yale. The four dishes, recreated by measuring ingredient portions in a scientifically averaged way, turned out to be different types of lamb stew and connect the culinary traditions of modern Iraq, Iran and Syria with their Mesopotamian…

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Musical Training Gives the Brain a Crucial Advantage—Especially at an Early Age, Says New Study

[ad_1] Neurologists seeking to understand how perfect pitch affects the brain found a completely different and inspiring conclusion about music and brain function. They found that both perfect pitch (the ability to identify a note simply by sound) and musical training in general led to increased functional connectivity between brain regions. The perfect pitch is…

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Man Saves Elk After it Was Buried By an Avalanche With Only a Nostril And One Eye Peeking Out of the Snow

[ad_1] Controlled avalanches are usually triggered to prevent larger ones from occurring, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t free from danger. Jesse Dahlberg was watching how explosive-using rail crews set off a series of small avalanches near the town of Field in southeastern British Columbia when he noticed a lone elk directly in the path…

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Can “Slugging” With Petroleum Jelly Clear Up Cystic Acne? Experts Weighs In

Listen, I know I’m not alone when I say this: Cystic acne sucks. If you have (or have ever suffered from) cystic acne, you’d do or try just about anything to clear up the confidence-crippling breakouts: prescription medication like Accutane, topical treatments (i.e. salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide), and maybe even a dermatologist-administered cortisone shot….