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A US judge dismisses a case against federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.
Like many fish and amphibians, the Guiana dolphin can sense low levels of electrical activity in the water—an ability not previously reported in true mammals.
People living in near the Earth’s poles, where days are often short and light often low, have larger eyes and visual cortices than those closer to the equator.
A UK panel puts forth guidelines for research that use experimental animals harboring human cells and tissues.
Non-African people carry remnants of the Neanderthal X chromosome, suggesting interbreeding with early human ancestors.
President Barack Obama turns to US academic institutions for innovation and job creation.
Evidence that large dinosaurs had body temperatures similar to modern-day mammals suggests they were either endothermic or extremely good at conserving body heat.
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