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  Why Are Sea Stars Dying from New Jersey to Maine? Divers Asked to Report Large Groupings of Starfish

  July 23, 2013 — Marine biologists are working to identify the cause of a disease that is killing sea stars (starfish) from New Jersey to ... > full story
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  We Don't Like Unfamiliar Music, Even Though We Claim We Do

  July 23, 2013 — Spotify. Pandora. iTunes. YouTube. We are constantly bombarded with a seemingly limitless amount of new music in our daily lives. But why do we keep coming back to that one song or album we ... > full story
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  Oldest European Fort in the Inland U.S. Discovered in Appalachians

  July 23, 2013 — The remains of the earliest European fort in the interior of what is now the United States have been discovered by a team of archaeologists, providing new insight into the start of the U.S. colonial ... > full story
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  No Link Between Prenatal Mercury Exposure and Autism-Like Behaviors Found

  July 23, 2013 — The potential impact of exposure to low levels of mercury on the developing brain -- specifically by women consuming fish during pregnancy -- has long been the source of concern and some have argued ... > full story
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  New Approach for Studying Deadly Brain Cancer

  July 23, 2013 — Human glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most common, aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, is notoriously difficult to study. Now engineers have developed a three-dimensional hydrogel that ... > full story
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  Controlling Genes With Light: New Technique Can Rapidly Turn Genes on and Off, Helping Scientists Better Understand Their Function

  July 23, 2013 — New technology can rapidly start or halt the expression of any gene of interest simply by shining light on the ... > full story
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  Brain Picks out Salient Sounds from Background Noise by Tracking Frequency and Time, Study Finds

  July 23, 2013 — New research reveals how our brains are able to pick out important sounds from the noisy world around us. The study could lead to new diagnostic tests for hearing ... > full story
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  Cannabis Constituent Has No Effect on Multiple Sclerosis Progression, Study Shows

  July 23, 2013 — The first large non-commercial clinical study to investigate whether the main active constituent of cannabis (tetrahydrocannabinol or THC) is effective in slowing the course of progressive multiple ... > full story
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  A New Weapon Against Stroke

  July 23, 2013 — Stem cell research for stroke has focused on developing therapeutic neurons -- the primary movers of electrical impulses in the brain -- to repair tissue damaged when oxygen to the brain is limited ... > full story
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  Secrets of Mussels' Clinginess Revealed

  July 23, 2013 — Understanding the strength of the shellfish's underwater attachments could enable better glues and biomedical ... > full story

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