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Where Did I Park? Brain Treatment May Enhance Spatial Memory

February 8, 2012 - 10:29pm
Sending electrical pulses into the brain may improve memory.


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1 in 10 Doctors Admit Lying in the Past Year

February 8, 2012 - 10:24pm
About 1 in 10 physicians say they have told patients something that was not true in the last year.


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Bacterial 'Glue' is One of Nature's Stickiest Substances

February 8, 2012 - 9:12pm
The tiny water bacterium Caulobacter crescentus secretes a sugary substance so sticky that just a tiny bit could hold several cars together.


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Teen Pregnancy Rate Hits 40-Year Low

February 8, 2012 - 7:16pm
Teenage pregnancy, birth and abortion rates have steadily decreased over the last two decades.


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Is It Possible to Reanimate the Dead?

February 8, 2012 - 7:07pm
Frankenstein's monster is probably not a possibility, but scientists are getting better at bringing people back to life.


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Small Twisted Galaxy Warped by Galactic 'Stealth Merger'

February 8, 2012 - 6:38pm
A newfound galaxy looks like it was slammed into head-on.


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Pakistan Whale Shark's Death a Mystery

February 8, 2012 - 6:36pm
Video of a dead whale shark in Pakistan raises questions.


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Solar Telescope Instrument Gets Recycled for New Mission

February 8, 2012 - 6:20pm
The Fourier Transform Spectrometer is being shipped to Virginia from Arizona.


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Hidden Secrets of Majestic Nebula Revealed in New Photo

February 8, 2012 - 6:05pm
The Carina nebula is home to several of the brightest and most massive known stars.


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Study: Schizophrenia's Hallucinated Voices Drown Out Real Ones

February 8, 2012 - 5:01pm
New research attempts to help schizophrenia patients ignore voices in their heads.


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NASA Satellites Show How Our Icy World Is Melting

February 8, 2012 - 4:36pm
For the first time satellite data provides a comprehensive picture of melting ice.


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Want a Promotion? Change Your Name

February 8, 2012 - 3:20pm
Barack Obama may be the exception to the rule.


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Robo-Mule Hauls Military Gear & Follows Like a Dog

February 8, 2012 - 3:11pm
A military robot designed to carry heavy loads could follow the spoken commands of soldiers.


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Success! Russian Team Breaches Buried Antarctic Lake

February 8, 2012 - 3:11pm
A drill has gone through 2 miles of ice to reach subglacial Lake Vostok.


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Stomach Acid Drugs Increase Risk of Bacterial Infections, FDA Warns

February 8, 2012 - 2:57pm
Drugs that reduce the production of stomach acid may increase the risk of bacterial infections, the FDA warned today.


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Hear This: Ship Noise Stresses Whales

February 8, 2012 - 2:21pm
Chronic stress could make the whales more prone to disease and reproductive problems


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High-Priced CEO Salaries Unaffected by Public Outrage

February 8, 2012 - 1:39pm
How does the backlash affect CEOs?


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Turtle Feeding Hotspots Found in the Gulf of Mexico

February 8, 2012 - 1:10pm
Satellite tracking leads researchers to southwest Florida and the northern Yucatan Peninsula.


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Healthy Local Economies Make Residents Healthy, Too

February 8, 2012 - 12:42pm
How healthy is your town?


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Diet Soda Linked to Heart Disease Risk

February 8, 2012 - 12:27pm
People who drink diet soft drinks every day may be putting themselves at an increased risk of heart disease, a new study shows.


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