People who need a new kidney may need to look no farther than across the dining room table, according to a new study that shows that spouses are good potential...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 9, 2009 3:45 am
A group of scientists is investigating delusions caused by brain trauma for clues to one of the most confounding problems in brain science: identity ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 9, 2009 3:51 am
Most people get happier as they grow older, studies on people aged up to their mid-90s suggest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8183522.stm...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 9, 2009 3:51 am
Using adapted tests designed for human children, psychologists have learned that average dogs can count, reason and recognize words and gestures on par with a...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 10, 2009 2:47 am
Knocking out genes with a role in in cancer prevention helps produce stem cells http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090809/full/news.2009.809.html...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 10, 2009 2:50 am
To dog owners, their pet's "arf, arf, arf'' means "let's play!'' To neighbors, it can be annoying noise. But to scientists, barks are an evolutionary puzzle ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 10, 2009 3:03 am
A researcher argues that peers are much more important than parents, that psychologists underestimate the power of genetics, and that we have a lot to learn...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 10, 2009 3:03 am
Men with symmetrical faces are less likely to lose their memory and intelligence in later life, according to researchers ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 11, 2009 3:51 am
It could be the biggest breakthrough since the discovery of penicillin: a new generation of antivirals that work against a huge range of viruses, including...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 11, 2009 3:51 am
The ancient ancestors of humans were tree dwellers, rather than the often depicted knuckle-dragging apes who slowly raised themselves up and evolved into...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 11, 2009 3:56 am
Researchers have found experimental evidence that a touch can be worth a thousand words http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/science/11touch.html...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 11, 2009 3:58 am
The evolutionary biologist talks to David Pilling about unsustainable lifestyles, the effects of geography on a society's development and the recent shock to...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 11, 2009 3:59 am
New research brings surprising revelations http://www.slate.com/id/2223835/...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 12, 2009 4:39 am
European investment could see knock-out rats catching up with mutant mice in medical research http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090811/full/460788a.html...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 12, 2009 4:43 am
DNA analysis of ancient remains shows that Neanderthals shared with modern humans the gene that gives the ability to taste bitter flavours ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 12, 2009 4:49 am
An attempt to mimic part of a cell on a chip http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tm/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14207319...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 12, 2009 4:50 am
Nicholas Wade: A Stanford engineer used a new technology he invented to decode his own genome for less than $50,000 ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 12, 2009 4:52 am
The remains of a 9,000-year-old hunter-gatherers' house, uncovered during construction at an airport, have been unearthed in Great Britain's Isle of Man ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 13, 2009 10:58 am
Whether because exercise makes us hungry or because we want to reward ourselves, many people eat more — and eat more junk food, like doughnuts — after...
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Conservationist
nohopeforhum...
Aug 14, 2009 1:10 am
University of California, San Francisco, researchers have long hunted genes related to how and when people sleep. In 2001, they discovered a mutation that puts...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 14, 2009 3:05 am
Bioethicists argue for stricter rules at genetic repositories http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090813/full/news.2009.819.html...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 14, 2009 3:06 am
Taking insults lying down may hurt your pride but it is less likely to make you angry, claim scientists ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 14, 2009 3:08 am
Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 14, 2009 3:09 am
Early modern humans in South Africa were using "heat treatment" to improve their stone tools about 72,000 years ago, according to new research ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 15, 2009 1:31 pm
Scientist Colin Ellard talks about our sense of direction--and what it suggests about our connection to the planet ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 15, 2009 1:31 pm
A face that only a mother could love conceals a skull with a surprisingly powerful jaw http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090814/full/news.2009.824.html...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 15, 2009 1:33 pm
Radiotherapy used to treat brain tumours may lead to a decline in mental function many years down the line, say Dutch researchers ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 15, 2009 1:33 pm
Brown fat, a curious kind of body tissue that burns up calories, could be the key to easy weight control ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 15, 2009 1:34 pm
A baby's mind is quite brilliant, a psychologist says in her new book. Far from being irrational, children are more astute than many adults ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Aug 17, 2009 9:31 am
How the brain hard-wires us to love Google, Twitter, and texting. And why that's dangerous http://www.slate.com/id/2224932/...
