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Tue, Jan 29, 2013 7:10 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience
The mysterious patient who helped scientists pinpoint the brain region responsible for language was Monsieur Louis Leborgne, a French craftsman with epilepsy.
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Tue, Jan 29, 2013 7:10 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience
A study shows that when doctors see their patients experiencing pain, the pain centers in the physicians' own brains light up.
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Thu, Jan 24, 2013 9:23 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience
Research on H5N1 transmission that uses funds from the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot begin again until after safety guidelines are established.
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Wed, Jan 23, 2013 5:50 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience
Research reveals that hailstones drawn from storm clouds harbor bacteria that tend to reside on plants, as well as thousands of organic compounds found in soil.
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Wed, Jan 23, 2013 5:00 PM by Charles Q. Choi, TechNewsDaily
The gels could be useful in treating wounds and could even help in the development of artificial cells and tissues.
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Wed, Jan 23, 2013 2:10 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience
It may be efficient and an ideal form of information storage, but recording all the world's data into DNA would likely cost 'more money than is on the planet.'
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Wed, Jan 23, 2013 12:15 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience
Interested parties argue that if the remains are the lost king's, they should be buried in York, Westminster Abbey or Windsor Castle.
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Tue, Jan 22, 2013 2:10 PM by Marc Lallanilla, LiveScience
Scientists completed the first sequence of the Neanderthal genome in 2010, finding genetic evidence suggesting ancestors of modern humans successfully interbred with Neanderthals.
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Tue, Jan 22, 2013 1:20 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience
The findings can't explain how much of either nature or nurture is responsible for this effect, as a lifetime of delaying gratification could dramatically change the brain.
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Tue, Jan 22, 2013 11:20 AM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience
A few bad scientists can 'casts doubt' on the entire field of academic research.
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Tue, Jan 22, 2013 11:13 AM by John Platt
Maker of semiconductor chips is designing a new system to help Hawking communicate up to 5 words a minute.
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Mon, Jan 21, 2013 3:00 PM by Jeremy Hsu, TechNewsDaily
Earth's oceans provide plenty of hiding places for robots to engage in some 'cheap stealth.'
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Mon, Jan 21, 2013 10:37 AM by John Platt
The discovery could be a clue in the fight against cancer.
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Fri, Jan 18, 2013 1:05 PM by Russell McLendon
The Colorado-based school wants to buy itself from a cash-strapped parent organization, but it may have to close if it can't raise $2.5 million by Jan. 31.
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Wed, Jan 16, 2013 3:00 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience
A study found that whether fire ants bow to one queen or accept many rulers depends on one long strand of genes.
