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Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
Published on Friday, 20 November 2009 18:17 from Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.
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Astronaut in space while wife giving birth
Published on Friday, 20 November 2009 16:17 from Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl.
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
Published on Thursday, 19 November 2009 16:55 from Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported Thursday.
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Mouse study points to treatment for Down syndrome
Published on Thursday, 19 November 2009 04:05 from Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for the brain to develop normally, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type disease
Published on Thursday, 19 November 2009 00:21 from Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them, researchers said Wednesday.
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Shuttle Atlantis arrives at space station
Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:30 from Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver spare parts needed to keep the outpost operational after the shuttles' retirement next year.
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