Scientists have developed a new method of identifying drugs to treat children suffering from fatal…
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Contrary to popular models, sugar is not burned by self-control tasks
Contradicting a popular model of self-control, a psychologist says the data from a 2007 study…
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New understanding of the ‘flight-or-fight’ response
New research helps explain how the body’s “flight-or-fight” response is mediated. The study may provide…
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Bar-tailed godwit sets record for long-distance flight
How is it possible to fly 11,000 kilometers without a single break? The record holder…
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Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder (AP)
AP – Swedish authorities revoked a short-lived arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on…
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AP Enterprise: Spill bound BP, feds together (AP)
AP – For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP, with…
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Finding Mom on Facebook. (Time.com)
Time.com – Adoption 2.0: Finding Mom on Facebook
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7 Cool Chrome Extensions for Twitter (Mashable)
Mashable – We all know Chrome is fast, but can it also be social? We’ve…
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Mauritania plants trees to hold back desert
Reuters: Mauritania has launched a tree-planting program aimed at protecting its capital from the advancing…
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EU commissioner backs mooted German nuclear tax
AFP: European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said German energy companies should hand over to…