Click to watch video This weekend on “Sanjay Gupta MD,” Dr. Gupta takes a critical look at sugar and the impact it has on our bodies. Don't miss the in-depth investigation Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET, and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNN. Pushing her meal cart into the hospital room, a research assistant hands out tall glasses of reddish-pink liquid, along with a gentle warning: “Remember, you guys have to finish all your Kool-Aid.” One by one, young volunteers chug down their drinks, each carefully calibrated to contain a mix of water, flavoring and a precisely calibrated solution of high fructose corn syrup: 55% fructose, 45% glucose. The participants are part of an ongoing study run by Kimber Stanhope, a nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis. Volunteers agree to spend several weeks as lab rats: their food carefully measured, their bodies subjected to a steady dose of scans and blood tests. At first, each volunteer receives meals with no added sugars. But then, the sweetened drinks start showing up. Read – Soft drinks: Public enemy No.1 in obesity fight? and How I kicked my Coke habit

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Students at the University of Colorado in Boulder spotted a bear roaming near their Bear Creek Apartments accommodation block, before he climbed up a tree, where he was tranquilised back down to earth by a ranger.

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Kate Krader ( @kkrader on Twitter ) is Food & Wine's restaurant editor. When she tells us where to find our culinary heart's desire, we listen up. Beer lovers, rejoice. Whiskey drinkers, celebrate. Pork fat fans, this is your moment. All the things you thought were unhealthy can actually help you lose a ton of weight. Well, not exactly. This isn’t an ad in the back pages of a sketchy magazine. All these things are still not good for you when you eat and drink them in large quantities. And don’t stop eating your blueberries and strawberries if you want to boost your brainpower. Still, there’s some surprising good health news for anyone who wants to wash down their lard-topped popcorn with a beer and a shot of whiskey. Beer: The Problem-Solver Question: Who’s better at solving brainteasers, men who are sober or men who have drunk two pints of beer? According to research from the University of Illinois , the drinkers are the winners. (That sound you hear is every guy I know cracking open a beer right now in self-righteous satisfaction.) Not only did the drinkers solve 40 percent more problems than the nondrinkers, they solved their problems faster: 12 seconds compared to the nondrinking 15.5 seconds. Pork Fat: The Bad Cholesterol Fighter “Pork fat is not only useful, but it is also good for us,” says my new hero, Jennifer McLagan. She’s the author of the James Beard Award–winning “Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient”. To back up her claim, McLagan's book includes a chart showing that 45 percent of pork fat is monounsaturated, which can help raise your HDL, or good cholesterol, and also can help lower your LDL, or bad cholesterol. She also extols the benefits of frying in lard, because food absorbs less fat than if you fry it in oil. Lagan piles on the good news, arguing that “Diets low in fat, it turns out, leave people hungry, depressed and prone to weight gain and illness.” To ensure readers' happiness, she includes recipes in “Fat”, including one for euphoria-inducing bacon fat mayonnaise. Whiskey: The Good Cholesterol Booster If you’re looking for other celebratory ways to increase your good cholesterol levels and potentially decrease your risk of a stroke, grab a bottle of your favorite booze. And then drink in moderation. According to the Mayo Clinic , studies suggest that if you consume one alcoholic drink per day if you're a woman, or two drinks a day if you're a guy, you can increase your HDL cholesterol levels and also potentially decrease your risk of a stroke. But, cautions the Mayo Clinic, “If you don't drink alcohol, don't start just to try raising your HDL levels.” Popcorn: The Antioxidant Hero You don’t need me to tell you that popcorn is popular with the high fiber crowd. Here’s more good news for anyone who’s trying to justify their next big bucket of (nonbuttered, non-oversalted) popcorn: New research from the University of Scranton suggests that a serving of popcorn is higher in antioxidants than some fruits and vegetables. Those antioxidants, known as polyphenols, are associated with helping to prevent cancer. They’re concentrated in popcorn’s husk, which is something to consider the next time it gets stuck in your teeth and you consider spitting it out. More from Food & Wine : 50 Best Bars in America Ultimate Bacon Recipes Whiskey Cocktails Best Burgers in the U.S. Spring Recipes

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Beer, whiskey and pork fat: the new health foods?

Glen Campbell disclosed last year that he has Alzheimer’s disease . As a society, we don’t hide our infirm anymore. Some examples ripped from the headlines: Pat Summitt coached women’s basketball at the University of Tennessee after Alzheimer’s was diagnosed; Dick Clark hosted rock-and-roll telecasts after a stroke. Read full article > >

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One in four university places is expected to be kept available for top-grade A-level applicants this year.

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Teenagers get only six hours of sleep during the week after the clocks change, say researchers at the University of Surrey.

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Chinese artefacts worth almost £2m that were stolen from a University of Durham museum are recovered by police.

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Stolen museum treasures recovered

Queen’s University in Belfast is to establish a college in China in partnership with the China Medical University.

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Queen’s to set up China college

Oxford University chiefs are trying to reassure prospective overseas students not to be put off by visa rule changes.

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Oxford reassures Indian students

A 190-page report concluded that the campus police’s actions against Occupy demonstrators last November at the University of California, Davis, “should and could have been prevented.”

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Task Force Criticizes Pepper Spraying of Protesters at U.C. Davis

Andy Holt, the Acpo lead on football, and Dr Geoff Pearson, expert in football crowd disorder at the University of Liverpool, discuss whether football clubs should be paying more towards the policing of matches.

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A London 2012 official says the threat of “one idiot” disrupting the Olympics can never be eliminated, after the University Boat Race was halted by a swimmer.

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‘One idiot’ could disrupt Games

A man is charged over an incident which led to the 158th University Boat Race being halted half-way through.

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Charge over Boat Race disruption

Howard University said Wednesday that it is conducting an internal investigation into possible NCAA violations committed by its athletic department. In an e-mail, school spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton said the school has “temporarily withheld a number of student-athletes from competition as a self-imposed action. Most teams will compete as scheduled.” Read full article > >

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Brittney Griner just led Baylor to a 40-0 record and a national championship . She’s an attractive woman with a quick smile, a well-spoken representative of her university who is quick, in every interview, to deflect credit to her less-known – and lesser abused – teammates, and who will return for her senior year in college rather than pursue a professional career. Read full article > >

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Brittney Griner’s gender? Shame on those who even ask the question.