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• Posted 2008-05-02
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  Night club drug could ease depression: scientists

  LONDON, May 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-02
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  How do baby birdies learn to sing? By babbling

  WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Baby birds babble much like human infants do, and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers reported on Thursday. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-01
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  Researchers find gene defect that boosts glucose

  LONDON, May 1, 2008 (Reuters) — An international research team has pinpointed a genetic mutation that can raise a healthy person's blood sugar to harmful levels, putting them at higher risk of serious problems like heart disease. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-01
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  Shuttle tank delays push back Hubble mission

  HOUSTON, May 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Delays in producing space shuttle fuel tanks, which were substantially redesigned after the 2003 Columbia disaster, will postpone NASA's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope by a month or longer, officials at the U.S. space agency said on Thursday. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-04-30
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  Scientists develop new type of memory circuit

  CHICAGO, Apr. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — It took about 40 years to find it, but scientists at Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday they discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-04-30
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  Peer pressure brings docs up to speed: study

  BOSTON, Apr. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Is your doctor's practice on the cutting edge of medicine? If not, maybe he or she needs a little peer pressure. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-04-30
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  Turn-ons, turn-offs, desire varies widely among men

  NEW YORK, Apr. 30, 2008 (Reuters Health) — Men aren't all from Mars when it comes to their sexuality, a new study from Kinsey Institute researchers shows. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-04-30
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  Ancient meteorite goes unsold in N.Y. as dung sells

  NEW YORK, Apr. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Some dinosaur dung was snapped up at auction in New York even as a 4.5 billion year old meteorite which was supposed to top the sale went unsold. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-04-30
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  Scientists find a quicker way to make antibodies

  CHICAGO, Apr. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — A new process to extract and copy the essential elements of cells that make human antibodies has provided a shortcut to making targeted, infection-fighting proteins known as monoclonal antibodies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-04-30
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  New type of stem cells coaxed into heart tissue

  WASHINGTON, Apr. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — A new type of powerful stem cell made from ordinary skin cells has been coaxed into becoming three different types of heart and blood cells in mice, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. ... > full story

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