A recent study, published in the Journal of Aging and Health, has linked those of a higher intelligence with the capacity to physically age better. Researcher Rikke Hodal Meincke tested almost 3,000 middle-aged men, using simple mobility tests to gauge…
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What’s Happening to Nashville’s Children?
His middle school football trophies rest on a small table in the living room. His red metal-framed bunk bed is still neatly made. But 15-year-old Da’Vontae Ziegler’s laughter no longer echoes through the house on Gwynnwood Drive. It’s been nearly…
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Are Americans Getting Even Dumber?
One of America’s foremost testing agencies, the Educational Testing Service, has released a new report that is incredibly sobering, demonstrating that adult Americans, regardless of educational attainment are, as a group, less literate with respect to both words and numbers,…
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A Deadly Vitamin Deficiency You Can Easily Fix
Vitamin B12 is fittingly known as the energy vitamin, and your body requires it for a number of vital functions. Among them: energy production, blood formation, DNA synthesis, and myelin formation. Myelin is insulation that protects your nerve endings and…
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West Nile Mosquitoes Caught in Nashville
Eight batches of mosquitoes tested by Metro Public Health Department tested positive for West Nile virus, according to a news release. The mosquitoes were trapped in the follow areas: Antioch: near the intersection of Bell Road and Edge O Lake…
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Will a Robot Steal Your Job?
Scientists have created a huge, in-depth analysis of what jobs are under threat from robots — with salesmen, chefs and even models all in the firing line. Researchers have assembled a full list of all the things that robots are…
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Worries Grow As Stock Market Crisis Looms
A growing number of investors believe that US stocks are overvalued, creating the risk of a significant bear market, according to research by Yale University market scholar Robert Shiller. The Nobel economics laureate told the Financial Times that his valuation…
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Titans Confident After Beating a Terrible Tampa Bay Team
The Tennessee Titans’ thrashing of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wasn’t just a near-perfect performance from Marcus Mariota, it was near perfection for the coaching staff and players. For all the critique coach Ken Whisenhunt faced after a dismal 2014 season,…
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Nashville Firefighters Honor 9/11 Heroes
Firefighters from Tennessee and Kentucky climbed the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower Sunday in memory of the 343 firefighters who died on September 11, 2001 in New York City. Participants of the climb wore their full firefighting gear. “It’s probably…
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Conde Naste Discovers EastNasty
If you only have a day to spend in Music City, leave the hordes of tourists behind on Lower Broad and venture instead a couple miles across the Cumberland River to East Nashville’s Five Points neighborhood. Here, you’ll get a…
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