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Imagine the shock of growing up in a loving family with people you call "Mum" and "Dad" and then, suddenly, learning that you are actually adopte read more »
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Researchers at the MIT reported today that they had successfully reversed mental retardation in mice, just as scientists did in the classic 1966 nove read more »
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Researchers have found they can use drugs to wipe away single, specific memories while leaving other memories intact. By injecting an amnesia drug at read more »
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FLORENCE, Italy, July 6, 2007 -- Scientists have reported a way to achieve the so-called atomic laser, a breakthrough predicted by Albert Einstein in read more »
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There's a period in the development of toddlers when they seem to learn a new word every day. There are different theories about why young children read more »
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Storm scientists are taking a closer look at whether giant dust clouds from the Sahara could join the El Nino phenomenon as a leadi read more »
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A MIRACLE material for the 21st century could protect your home against bomb blasts, mop up oil spillages and even help man to fly to Mars.

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Scientists at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston, Massachusetts this week presented the results of a study that su read more »
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Scientists have induced the age-old phenomenon of out-of-body experiences in healthy volunteers for the first time.

The technique, which uses a vi read more »
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LA CEIBA, Honduras - Hurricane Felix roared ashore early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm — the first time in recorded history that two top-sca read more »
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When it comes to true sticking power, nothing holds its ground like chewing gum.

Not to mention clinging to the bottom of your shoe or even worse, read more »
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For the first time scientists have been able to film, in real-time, the nanoscale interaction of an enzyme and a DNA strand from an attacking virus. read more »
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Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest area on record this year, covering 22 percent less of the ocean than the previous low i read more »
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HONG KONG - Researchers in Singapore have created a handheld device that can detect the H5N1 bird flu virus from throat swab samples in under 30 minu read more »
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MANILA, Philippines - Scientists exploring a deep ocean basin in search of species isolated for millions of years found marine life believed to be pr read more »
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The Bush Administration long ago secured a special place in history for the way in which it distorts, manipulates, or censors science for political e read more »
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WASHINGTON - Science is getting a grip on people's fears. As Americans revel in all things scary on Halloween, scientists say they now know better w read more »
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When Warren Thomas, the director of Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City, approached Tusko the elephant with a syringe full of LSD in 1962, he thought t read more »
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