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- Health & Medicine
Giving the brain a hand
PROFILE: Scientist Kristen Brennand uses stem cells to understand brain disorders.
- Environment
Gulf oil finds many paths
Questions, and lots of oil, remain months after Gulf disaster.
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- Animals
Afraid of its own fishy reflection
A cichlid brain works differently when the fish attacks its mirror image.
- Genetics
Your inner Neandertal
New study finds some DNA in modern humans was passed down from Neandertals.
- Chemistry
These gems make their own way
Gemstones made in the lab could improve your cell phone or catch nasty bacteria in your water.
- Health & Medicine
A pepper part that burns fat
Study finds that dihydrocapsiate may give a diet extra power.
- Chemistry
Bandages that could bite back
A new material would make bacteria's attack the path to their demise.
- Life
The algae invasion
One of the world's simplest organisms is also one of the hardest to classify.
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