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Drunken Fruit Flies Help Scientists Find Potential Drug Target For Alcoholism

Drunken fruit flies have helped researchers identify networks of genes -- also present in humans -- that play a key role in alcohol ...  > full story

Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To Social Behavior

Research in the UK into the finger length of primate species has revealed that cooperative behavior is linked to exposure to hormone levels in the womb. ...  > full story

For Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics Is No Child's Play

A professor of library and information science says that comic books are just as sophisticated as other forms of literature, and children ...  > full story

Early Scents Really Do Get 'Etched' In The Brain

Common experience tells us that particular scents of childhood can leave quite an impression, for better or for worse. Now, researchers reporting the results of a ...  > full story
 

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