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Cancer variants found in 'neglected' region of genome
Mutations outside of genes associated with disease
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Thwarting a timekeeping hormone makes mice resistant to prolonged jet lag
Brain molecule steadies beat of circadian clock
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News in Brief: Reading high-brow literature may aid in reading minds
Immersion in fiction boosts social insights
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News in Brief: Altered wine chemical helps kill cancer
Molecule brings its parent, resveratrol, into cells
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News in Brief: Altered wine chemical helps kills cancer
Molecule brings its parent, resveratrol, into cells
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Supervolcanoes once erupted on Mars
Giant eruptions billions of years ago left behind huge craters
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Some grape-scented compounds repel mosquitoes
Molecules drive bugs away as well as DEET does
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News in Brief: Tiny fossils set record for oldest flowerlike pollen
Find might have come from ancient relative of today’s flowering plants
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News in Brief: Maps reveal clouds on distant exoplanet
Astronomers chart the atmosphere of Kepler-7b
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Engineered salivary glands keep juices flowing
Organs grown in a lab dish do their job when transplanted into mice
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Ancient farming populations went boom, then bust
Agriculture's introduction led to big falls as well as rises in numbers of Europeans
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Microbes signal deceased's time of death
Germs accompany body's decay in consistent time sequence
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News in Brief: Centipede venom fights pain
Molecule from toxin makes mice less sensitive to acid, heat
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Humans found guilty in climate change
International panel's confidence increases that society is responsible for global warming
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FOR KIDS: Mystery microbes of the sea
What gobbles up millions of tons of poisonous ammonia each year, making the water safe for fish?
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Curiosity gets the dirt on Mars
Rover completes analysis of first soil collected from Gale Crater
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An on-off switch for eating
By triggering or silencing certain brain cells, scientists can get mice to feed regardless of hunger
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Newfound biological clocks set by the moon
Marine organisms have rhythms dictated by tides, lunar cycle
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Hard-shelled seaweed survives by its loose knees
Stringy joints between calcified algae's segments don't break easily under repeated stresses
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News in Brief: Immune protein explains skin diseases' link to infection
Molecule called IL-29 protects people with psoriasis from viruses
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