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Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
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At least four researchers suffer internal radiation exposure after an experiment on elementary particles goes awry at a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility.
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Science & Health May 9, 2013
Hardy words that cross cultures traced
You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes! It’s an odd little speech. But if you went back 15,000 years and spoke these ...
Science & Health Mar 8, 2013
Sleep deprivation has genetic consequences
Hey, you, yawning at 2 in the afternoon. Your genes feel it, too. A new study, paid for by the U.S. Air Force but relevant for anyone with a small child, a large prostate or a lot on the mind, is helping illuminate what ...
Science & Health Mar 6, 2013
AIDS community weighs importance of HIV 'cure'
AIDS researchers, advocacy organizations and global health officials spent Monday trying to determine whether the report that a baby girl born in Mississippi was cured of the infection is a therapeutic breakthrough or a scientific curiosity.