Giving ancient life another chance to evolve

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It's a project 500 million years in the making. Only this time, instead of playing on a movie screen in Jurassic Park, it's happening in a lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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The good fight

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Prominent scientists are in a bitter struggle over the origins of kindness. But the root of this conflict may be the most ironic part of all.

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Rapid H.I.V. home test wins Federal approval

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After decades of controversy, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new H.I.V. test on Tuesday that for the first time makes it possible for Americans to learn in the privacy of their homes whether they are infected.

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Are cash register receipts harming you

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People are being exposed to higher levels of the substitute for BPA in cash register thermal paper receipts and many of the other products that engendered concerns about the health effects of bisphenol A, according to a new study.

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Virgin Galactic announces new satellite launcher

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Virgin Galactic?s latest venture is launching small satellites with a new, more affordable launching system called LauncherOne. ?The pieces are all in place to transform the business of satellite launch, which will open up space to everyone,? said the founder of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson.

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Scientists place 500-million-year-old gene in
modern organism

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It?s a project 500 million years in the making. Only this time, instead of playing on a movie screen in Jurassic Park, it?s happening in a lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Detailed timeline established for brain's descent
into Alzheimer's

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Scientists have assembled the most detailed chronology to date of the human brain's long, slow slide into full-blown Alzheimer's disease.

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Anxiety linked to shortened telomeres,
accelerated aging

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Is anxiety related to premature aging? A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows that a common form of anxiety, known as phobic anxiety, was associated with shorter telomeres in middle-aged and older women.

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Dark galaxies of the early Universe spotted for
the first time

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Dark galaxies are small, gas-rich galaxies in the early Universe that are very inefficient at forming stars. They are predicted by theories of galaxy formation and are thought to be the building blocks of today's bright, star-filled galaxies.

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Native American populations descend from 3 key
migrations

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Scientists have found that Native American populations ? from Canada to the southern tip of Chile ? arose from at least three migrations, with the majority descended entirely from a single group of First American migrants that crossed over through Beringia, a land bridge between Asia and America

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