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• Government to unveil fitness test for adults
  5.14.08 | Associated Press
• Fibromyalgia: The Invisible Disease
  5.14.08 | Science Daily
• Experts move closer to identifying best embryos
  5.14.08 | Reuters
• Grass's secret weapon is a bellyache for rodents
  5.14.08 | New Scientist
• A molecular thermometer for the distant universe
  5.13.08 | PhysOrg
• Virtual telescope opens night sky
  5.13.08 | BBC
• Gene therapy shows promise in rare brain disease
  5.13.08 | Reuters
• Rough Transition to a New Asthma Inhaler
  5.13.08 | New York Times
• Got Sugar? Skeletal Muscle Development Responds To Nutrient Availability
  5.12.08 | Science Daily
• Wind Energy Expected to Grow Dramatically
  5.12.08 | Associated Press
• Vending machine can spot a youthful face
  5.12.08 | New Scientist
• Flowers 'wave' at passing insects
  5.8.08 | BBC
• Depression Diversity: Brain Studies Reveal Big Differences Among Individuals
  5.8.08 | Science Daily
• CDC: 52% With Diabetes Get Arthritis
  5.8.08 | WebMD
• Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, Too
  5.8.08 | New York Times
• Koalas at Risk From Climate Change
  5.7.08 | Associated Press
• Not All Fat Created Equal: Certain Body Fat Reduces Insulin Resistance
  5.7.08 | Science Daily
• Music Reduced to Beautiful Math
  5.7.08 | LiveScience
• Tropics insects 'face extinction'
  5.6.08 | BBC
• Secrets of Online Shopping Discounts
  5.7.08 | ABC News
• First zero-carbon city to rise out of the desert
  5.6.08 | New Scientist
• Child virus fears spread to China's capital
  5.6.08 | Reuters
• Brain-training To Improve Memory Boosts Fluid Intelligence
  5.6.08 | Science Daily
• Beetle-ravaged forests prompt campground closures in Rockies
  5.5.08 | Associated Press
• Study Finds That Fat Cells Die and Are Replaced
  5.5.08 | New York Times
• Why the 1930s Dust Bowl Was So Bad
  5.5.08 | LiveScience
• Eye-tracking interface means gamers' looks can kill
  5.5.08 | New Scientist
• Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the increase in the UK
  5.2.08 | PhysOrg
• Deadly virus in China infects more children: report
  5.2.08 | Agence France-Presse
• Pill Ingredient Could Prevent Brain Damage After Head Injury
  5.2.08 | Science Daily
• Random babbling leads chicks to the perfect tune
  5.2.08 | New Scientist
• Researchers find gene defect that boosts glucose
  5.1.08 | Reuters
• In a New Climate Model, Short-Term Cooling in a Warmer World
  5.1.08 | New York Times
• Scientists find rings of Jupiter are shaped in shadow
  4.30.08 | PhysOrg
• Boost For 'Green Plastics' From Plants
  4.30.08 | Science Daily
• Engineers find 'missing link' of electronics
  4.30.08 | New Scientist
• Warming 'affecting poor children'
  4.29.08 | BBC
• Memory Training Shown to Turn Up Brainpower
  4.29.08 | New York Times
• Bees Learn Thievery
  4.29.08 | LiveScience
• Testosterone turns birds into bad parents
  4.29.08 | New Scientist
• Scientists Unravel Heparin Death Mystery
  4.24.08 | Science Daily
• China Calls for Help on Climate Change
  4.24.08 | Associated Press
• Hubble Photographs Dozens of Colliding Galaxies
  4.24.08 | LiveScience
• Does the Earth's magnetic field cause suicides?
  4.24.08 | New Scientist
• Chocolate Bar Shown To Lower Cholesterol
  4.23.08 | Science Daily
• 'Rocket City' shows little interest in moon, mars missions
  4.23.08 | Associated Press
• Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts
  4.23.08 | Agence France-Presse
• Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms on Climate
  4.23.08 | New York Times
• UN food chief urges crisis action
  4.22.08 | BBC
• Life expectancy falls in poorer U.S. counties: study
  4.22.08 | Reuters
• Mysterious 'bright young things' found in solar system
  4.22.08 | New Scientist
• Uranium Supply Decline Clouds Nuclear Power's Future
  4.22.08 | LiveScience
• Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox
  4.16.08 | PhysOrg
• Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient 'Toxic'
  4.16.08 | New York Times
• Electric Solar Wind Sail Could Power Future Space Travel In Solar System
  4.16.08 | Science Daily
• Gene variant increases risk of asthma
  4.10.08 | PhysOrg
• No Surge of Food-Borne Illness in 2007
  4.10.08 | Associated Press
• Beekeepers call for pesticide ban
  4.10.08 | United Press International
• Study: Dyslexia differs by child's language
  4.8.08 | Associated Press
• And Behind Door No. 1, a Fatal Flaw
  4.8.08 | New York Times
• Experts push hybrid rice to solve soaring food prices
  4.8.08 | Agence France-Presse
• Occupational Therapists Use Wii for Parkinson's Study
  4.7.08 | PhysOrg
• Medicine Mix-Ups Harm Hospitalized Kids
  4.7.08 | Associated Press
• Focused Solar Explosions Get Hotter
  4.7.08 | Science Daily
• Global temperatures 'to decrease'
  4.4.08 | BBC
• Rising sea levels, melting river ice seen in Arctic Canada
  4.4.08 | Reuters
• Bug-Eating Bats Help Plants, Studies Say
  4.4.08 | New York Times
• After China debacle, Yahoo boss champions cyber rights
  4.4.08 | Agence France-Presse
• 'No Sun link' to climate change
  4.3.08 | BBC
• Breeding the Oil Bug
  4.3.08 | Popular Science
• New Views On The Sun's Startling Magnetic Fountains
  4.3.08 | Science Daily
• IPhone Popularity Spurs Blackberry Sales
  4.3.08 | Associated Press
• Brain DNA 'remodeled' in alcoholism
  4.2.08 | PhysOrg
• Astronomers see 'youngest planet'
  4.2.08 | BBC
• Paranoia Pervasive, Study Finds
  4.2.08 | LiveScience
• Blind to Change, Even as It Stares Us in the Face
  4.1.08 | New York Times
• World cooling on biofuel solution to climate change
  4.1.08 | Agence France-Presse
• Think green to reduce nanotech hazards
  4.1.08 | PhysOrg
• Medication 'worsens Alzheimer's'
  4.1.08 | BBC
• Fish key to reef climate survival
  3.20.08 | BBC
• Stuff of Life (but Not Life Itself) Is Detected on a Distant Planet
  3.20.08 | New York Times
• Children with healthier diets do better in school
  3.20.08 | PhysOrg
• 9 Genes May Sway Cholesterol Levels
  3.20.08 | WebMD
• Carbon dioxide allowances head for auction
  3.19.08 | United Press International
• Arctic pollution's surprising history
  3.19.08 | PhysOrg
• Bacterial Battle Generates New Antibiotics
  3.17.08 | Technology Review
• Sleep Well: Myth of American Zombies Dispelled
  3.17.08 | LiveScience
• Grand Canyon Flood Created New Sandbars
  3.14.08 | Associated Press
• Japan finds 38,000 websites in bullying study
  3.14.08 | Agence France-Presse
• Will a YouTube Platform Matter?
  3.14.08 | Technology Review
• Health Report Raises Dispute Over Great Lakes Pollution
  3.13.08 | New York Times
• Huge ice deposits 'seen' on Mars
  3.13.08 | BBC
• New Window Opens on the Secret Life of Microbes
  3.13.08 | PhysOrg
• Puzzling 'Eye Of A Hurricane' On Venus
  3.13.08 | Science Daily
• Medications plus dental materials may equal infection for diabetic patients
  3.12.08 | PhysOrg
• Taking a Shot at Hypertension
  3.12.08 | Technology Review
• Church to step up climate fight
  3.10.08 | BBC
• NASA ponders future without shuttles
  3.10.08 | United Press International
• Japan eyes all-round bird flu vaccine
  3.10.08 | Agence France-Presse
• To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs
  3.6.08 | New York Times
• Refining the science of public opinion polling
  3.6.08 | PhysOrg
• Antarctic fish's winter 'sleep'
  3.5.08 | BBC
• OECD: World Must Act on Climate Change
  3.5.08 | Associated Press
• Sky's the limit for bee brain power
  3.5.08 | PhysOrg
• Gene Map Becomes a Luxury Item
  3.4.08 | New York Times
• Why flu strikes in cold weather
  3.4.08 | BBC
• Invading trees put rainforests at risk
  3.4.08 | PhysOrg
• Many Mysteries of Flight Remain
  3.4.08 | LiveScience
• Anti-depressants' 'little effect'
  2.26.08 | BBC
• Human Shadows on the Seas
  2.26.08 | New York Times
• Domain name for Asia up for grabs
  2.21.08 | BBC
• Research Explains Formation of Unique Martian Fans
  2.21.08 | New York Times
• Feds Meet on for Next Year's Flu Vaccine
  2.21.08 | Associated Press
• Unique Martian Formation Reveals Brief Bursts Of Water
  2.21.08 | Science Daily
• Blu-ray triumphs in high-def DVD war
  2.20.08 | USA Today
• ALMA Telescope Will Open New Window On The Universe
  2.20.08 | Science Daily
• Music 'can aid stroke recovery'
  2.20.08 | BBC
• Getting 'Off Meds' Has Consequences
  2.20.08 | Associated Press
• Solar Power to Rule in 20 Years, Futurists Say
  2.19.08 | LiveScience
• Medical Marijuana Use Supported by U.S. Physicians
  2.15.08 | Bloomberg
• Chronic pain should be considered a disease
  2.15.08 | PhysOrg
• Smaller Version of the Solar System Is Discovered
  2.15.08 | New York Times
• HIV vaccine research hits impasse
  2.15.08 | BBC
• New cataract gene discovered
  2.14.08 | PhysOrg
• Developing Countries Grew More Biotech Crops in '07
  2.14.08 | Associated Press
• United Press International
  2.14.08 | United Press International
• Virus immunity 'created in lab'
  2.14.08 | BBC
• Boy babies 'worse for depression'
  2.13.08 | BBC
• Location matters, even for genes
  2.13.08 | PhysOrg
• Cure hope over diabetes therapy
  2.11.08 | BBC
• How Writing Changed the World
  2.11.08 | LiveScience
• Russia becomes 'spam superpower': survey
  2.11.08 | Agence France-Presse
• Light echoes whisper the distance to a star
  2.11.08 | PhysOrg
• In Many Communities, It's Not Easy Going Green
  2.7.08 | New York Times
• Fully Robotic Observatory Set Up In Antarctica
  2.7.08 | Science Daily
• Obesity 'may be largely genetic'
  2.7.08 | BBC
• Genetic-mapping unveiled to test infectious diseases
  2.7.08 | USA Today
• Brain circuitry that drives drug-seeking compulsion identified
  2.6.08 | PhysOrg
• 'Mysterious' bird flu baffles Indonesian scientists
  2.6.08 | Agence France-Presse
• Chronic pain harms the brain
  2.6.08 | PhysOrg
• Measles Vaccine Is Not Linked to Autism, Largest Study Finds
  2.5.08 | Bloomberg
• With HIV, growing older faster
  2.5.08 | Los Angeles Times
• For baboon girls, father's presence is a boon
  2.5.08 | Associated Press
• A Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota
  2.5.08 | New York Times
• 'Smart' holograms help patients help themselves
  2.4.08 | PhysOrg
• Amazon Research Raises Tough Questions
  2.4.08 | Associated Press
• Sniffling mice raise therapy hope
  2.4.08 | BBC
• Drug-Resistant Flu Is Found in Europe
  1.31.08 | Associated Press
• Mining Site Predates Incan Empire
  1.31.08 | LiveScience
• Deep stimulation 'boosts memory'
  1.30.08 | BBC
• MySpace to Further Open to Developers
  1.30.08 | Associated Press
• Why Belly Fat Hurts the Heart
  1.29.08 | WebMD
• Sedentary life 'speeds up ageing'
  1.29.08 | BBC
• French beekeepers abuzz with worry over dying bees
  1.29.08 | Agence France Presse
• String Theory Gets a Boost
  1.29.08 | PhysOrg
• 'Action needed' on home emissions
  1.28.08 | BBC
• Startups Rush to Pave Way for Web Video
  1.28.08 | Associated Press
• Genetic 'telepathy'? A bizarre new property of DNA
  1.28.08 | PhysOrg
• Dramatic Wind Action Detailed On Mars
  1.28.08 | Science Daily
• Brazil Amazon deforestation soars
  1.24.08 | BBC
• Drought Could Force Nuke-Plant Shutdowns
  1.24.08 | Associated Press
• To Catch a Panda: Science in the Wild
  1.24.08 | LiveScience
• EPA Staff Backed Calif. Pollution Waiver
  1.24.08 | Associated Press
• U.S. Given Poor Marks on the Environment
  1.23.08 | New York Times
• Herbal remedy useful for heart failure, review finds
  1.23.08 | PhysOrg
• Study: Warming May Cut US Hurricane Hits
  1.23.08 | Associated Press
• Work stress 'changes your body'
  1.23.08 | BBC
• Artificial Viral Shells Could Be Useful Nano-Containers
  1.22.08 | Science Daily
• Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky
  1.22.08 | PhysOrg
• Think You Vote Based on the Issues?
  1.22.08 | WebMD
• Africa 'lagging on child deaths'
  1.22.08 | BBC
• Scientists Make Human Embryo Clones
  1.17.08 | Associated Press
• Ice Clouds Put Mars In The Shade
  1.17.08 | Science Daily
• Green light for hybrid research
  1.17.07 | BBC
• Global Advances Challenge U.S. Dominance in Science
  1.16.08 | New York Times
• Japanese robot walks like a monkey
  1.16.08 | PhysOrg
• Black women get cancer 'earlier'
  1.16.08 | BBC
• Hot Cyclones Churn At Both Ends Of Saturn
  1.15.08 | Science Daily
• Suzaku explains cosmic powerhouses
  12.20.07 | PhysOrg
• Facebook 'Is' Is No Longer
  12.20.07 | Associated Press
• Foreign ozone emissions lower U.S. air quality
  12.20.07 | PhysOrg
• Homespun Electricity, From the Wind
  12.13.07 | New York Times
• Nanotechnology the new frontier for IT power India
  12.13.07 | Agence France-Presse
• Saturn's Rings Older Than First Thought?
  12.13.07 | Associated Press
• Curvier spines aid pregnant women
  12.13.07 | BBC
• Britons are keenest social networkers in Europe: report
  12.12.07 | Agence France-Presse
• Does time slow in crisis?
  12.12.07 | PhysOrg
• UN Suggests Bali Targets Too Ambitious
  12.12.07 | Associated Press
• Caesareans 'may harm lung growth'
  12.12.07 | BBC
• The Soul of a New Vaccine
  12.11.07 | New York Times
• Dems Cite Manipulation in Climate Report
  12.11.07 | Associated Press
• NASA on target for return to the moon by 2020: officials
  12.11.07 | PhysOrg