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'Smart' mice teach scientists about learning process, brain disorders

Mice genetically engineered to lack a single enzyme in their brains are more adept at learning than their normal cousins, and are quicker to figure out that their environment has changed, a team led by researchers ...

Biology /

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China reports human case of bird flu

A 19-year-old man has contracted bird flu in China, the country's Ministry of Health said Saturday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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U.S., Canada, begin trauma experiments

The U.S. government is undertaking a set of controversial studies that allows some medical experiments without getting patients' permission.

Medicine & Health / Medications

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Doctors fix spinal fluid leak with glue

U.S. doctors injected a biosynthetic glue to seal off a spinal fluid leak and restore a comatose patient to consciousness.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Ancient fossil found in Taiwan

A fossil of a mammuthus molar has been found in central Taiwan.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Ants show us how to make super-highways

[B]Army ants form living pothole plugs to speed up delivery[/B] Certain army ants in the rainforests of Central and South America conduct spectacular predatory raids containing up to 200,000 foraging ants. Remarkably, som ...

Biology /

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