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  Major Depression: Great Success With Pacemaker Electrodes, Small Study Suggests

  April 9, 2013 — Researchers implanted pacemaker electrodes into the medial forebrain bundle in the brains of patients suffering from major depression with amazing results: In six out of seven patients, symptoms ... > full story
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  Neolithic Iceman Ötzi Had Bad Teeth: Periodontitis, Tooth Decay, Accident-Related Dental Damage in Ice Mummy

  April 9, 2013 — For the first time, researchers have been able to provide evidence of periodontitis, tooth decay and accident-related dental damage in the ice mummy 'Ötzi'. The latest scientific findings ... > full story
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  Environmental Change Triggers Rapid Evolution

  April 9, 2013 — Environmental change can drive hard-wired evolutionary changes in animal species in a matter of generations. A new study overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradually over ... > full story
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  Polluting Plastic Particles Invade the Great Lakes

  April 9, 2013 — Floating plastic debris -- which helps populate the infamous "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" in the Pacific Ocean -- has become a problem in the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the ... > full story
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  Retired Star Found With Planets and Debris Disc

  April 9, 2013 — The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory has provided the first images of a dust belt -- produced by colliding comets or asteroids -- orbiting a subgiant star known to host a planetary ... > full story
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  Peel-and-Stick Thin Film Solar Cells

  April 9, 2013 — Scientists have fabricated peel-and-stick thin film solar cells (TFSCs). The Si wafer is clean and reusable. Moreover, as the peeled-off TFSCs from the Si wafer are thin, light-weight, and flexible, ... > full story

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  Remaining Martian Atmosphere Still Dynamic

  April 8, 2013 — Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what's left remains quite active, recent findings from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity indicate, scientists report. Evidence has strengthened that Mars ... > full story
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  A Warming World Will Further Intensify Extreme Precipitation Events, Research Shows

  April 8, 2013 — As the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense, new research ... > full story
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  'Artificial Leaf' Gains the Ability to Self-Heal Damage and Produce Energy from Dirty Water

  April 8, 2013 — Another innovative feature has been added to the world's first practical "artificial leaf," making the device even more suitable for providing people in developing countries and remote areas with ... > full story
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  Couch Potatoes May Be Genetically Predisposed to Being Lazy, Rat Study Suggests

  April 8, 2013 — Researchers were able to selectively breed rats that exhibited traits of either extreme activity or extreme laziness. They say these rats indicate that genetics could play a role in exercise ... > full story

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