Triathletes who trained too much chose immediate gratification over long-term rewards, researchers found.
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Research finds that triathletes who train too hard can impair a brain area involved in achieving goals such as winning a race. Fatigued athletes choose immediate gratification over long-term rewards.
From left, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., are receiving the 2019 Civility Award by Allegheny College for teaming up on criminal justice reform.
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The whistleblower complaint says notes from President Trump's call with the Ukrainian president, released this week, were loaded into an electronic system meant for classified information "of an especially sensitive nature."
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Triathletes who trained too much chose immediate gratification over long-term rewards, researchers found.
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Orthopedic surgeon Kebba Marenah and his team get ready to perform knee surgery on a 14-year-old at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul, the capital of Gambia. The country struggles with a lack of access to sufficient pain medications.
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Richard McLachlan, originally from New Zealand, waits for the Q train in Brooklyn. He delivers subway talks on the climate emergency, telling his fellow New Yorkers that they are "sleepwalking into a catastrophe."
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