* Chemistry of other stars’ planets coming to 
light:
Astronomers have identified carbon dioxide around a
planet outside our solar system.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081209_co2


* Brain drugs for healthy people OK: 
scientists
Healthy people should be allowed to take 
brainpower-boosting drugs, if the risks are 
properly managed, some researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081207_brain1


* Poverty may reduce kids' brain function:
Scientists are calling new findings an alarming
"wake-up call."

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081206_brain


* Happiness spreads socially, study finds:
Your happiness may depend on many people you don't
know -- friends of friends of friends.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081204_happiness


* How unusual cells may hold key to HIV control:
Rare people who manage to control HIV on their own
are offering new insights into how the immune system
kills infected cells.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/081204_hiv


* Scientists produce illusion of body-swapping:
Neuroscientists say they have gotten people to
perceive the bodies of mannequins and other people
as their own.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081202_swap



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