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  Healing by the Clock: In Fruit Flies, Intestinal Stem-Cell Regeneration Fluctuates With the Time of Day

  April 11, 2013 — Genetic screening in flies reveals that the circadian clock regulates intestinal regeneration in response to damage, meaning that gut healing fluctuates according to the time of ... > full story
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  Sound Stimulation During Sleep Can Enhance Memory

  April 11, 2013 — Slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep, are critical for retaining memories. Researchers have found that playing sounds synchronized to the rhythm of the ... > full story
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  NASA's Asteroid Initiative: Robotically Capture Small Near-Earth Asteroid and Explore It

  April 11, 2013 — NASA's FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and ... > full story
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  Molecular 'Superglue' Based on Flesh-Eating Bacteria

  April 11, 2013 — In a classic case of turning an enemy into a friend, scientists have engineered a protein from flesh-eating bacteria to act as a molecular "superglue" that promises to become a disease ... > full story
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  Scientists Create Phantom Sensations in Non-Amputees

  April 11, 2013 — The sensation of having a physical body is not as self-evident as one might think. Almost everyone who has had an arm or leg amputated experiences a phantom limb: a vivid sensation that the missing ... > full story
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  Archaeologists Shine New Light on Easter Island Statue

  April 11, 2013 — Archaeologists have used the latest in digital imaging technology to record and analyze carvings on the Easter Island statue Hoa ... > full story
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  Blame It on the Rain (from Saturn's Rings): More Charged Water Particles Fall Than Thought

  April 10, 2013 — A new study tracks the "rain" of charged water particles into the atmosphere of Saturn and finds there is more of it and it falls across larger areas of the planet than previously thought. The study, ... > full story
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  Early Warning Signs of Population Collapse

  April 10, 2013 — Spatial measurements of population density could reveal when threatened natural populations are in danger of crashing. Researchers describe a new way to predict the risk of collapse, based on ... > full story
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  First Objective Measure of Pain Discovered in Brain Scan Patterns

  April 10, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have been able to predict how much pain people are feeling by looking at images of their brains, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado ... > full story
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  Discovery of a Blue Supergiant Star Born in the Wild

  April 10, 2013 — Astronomers have discovered a blue supergiant star located far beyond our Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Over 55 million years ago, the star emerged in an extremely wild environment, ... > full story

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