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While the medical community continues to look for ways to help reduce the risk of dementia, researchers at University of South Florida have been studying whether interacting with certain kinds of specially designed cognitive training exercises — essentially computer games — can reduce the risk of dementia. We learn about another USF study called Active Mind that is similar, but is looking for participants who do have some degree of mild cognitive impairment.

While the medical community continues to look for ways to help reduce the risk of dementia, researchers at University of South Florida have been studying whether interacting with certain kinds of specially designed cognitive training exercises — essentially computer games — can reduce the risk of dementia. We learn about another USF study called Active Mind that is similar, but is looking for participants who do have some degree of mild cognitive impairment.

The Sea Turtle Conservancy's annual Tour de Turtles allows people to follow the marathon migration of four different species of sea turtles that have been tagged with satellite transmitters.

Cornell researchers have provided the first documentation that dogs’ sense of smell is integrated with their vision and other unique parts of the brain.

Alzheimer’s disease is named after a doctor, who in 1906 noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of a mental illness that included…

The fearsome Tyrannosaurs Rex could bite down with nearly 8,000 pounds of force, almost twice as strong as the bite of the Australian salt water…

An underwater archaeology site on the bed of the Silver River, in the Silver Springs State Park near Ocala, is home to mammoth bones and other ancient…

About half of a household's water is used to water lawns, according to estimates from the Environmental Protection Agency. A new study from Florida…

An international crew of "aquanauts" just returned from a NASA mission right here on Earth. The spent ten days living at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean,…

A University of South Florida professor is preparing to go to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean as part of a NASA mission.Dominic D'Agostino, who studies…