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B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia in the elderly (Reuters)
 LONDON, Sep. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday, ... > read full story
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Protect corals with reef networks, U.N. study says (Reuters)
 OSLO, Sep. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- The world should safeguard coral reefs with networks of small no-fishing zones to confront threats such as climate change, and shift from favoring single, big protected areas, a U.N. study showed. ... > read full story
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Can money buy happiness? Maybe, up to $75,000 (Reuters)
 WASHINGTON, Sep. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Can money really make you happy? Not really, but up to about $75,000 a year can ease the pain of life's stresses, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. ... > read full story
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Great apes protected as EU restricts animal testing (Reuters)
BRUSSELS, Sep. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Primates, including mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- have gained new protection after the European Parliament backed a clampdown on animal testing. ... > read full story
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Diverse water sources key to food security: report (Reuters)
LONDON, Sep. 5, 2010 (Reuters) -- Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage. ... > read full story
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God did not create the universe, says Hawking (Reuters)
 LONDON, Sep. 2, 2010 (Reuters) -- God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book. ... > read full story
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Wheat genome work just at initial stage: scientists (Reuters)
 BEIJING, Aug. 31, 2010 (Reuters) -- Efforts to sequence the wheat genome are only at an initial stage of what will be a long-term project requiring more government support, leading Chinese and international scientists said on Tuesday. ... > read full story
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U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science (Reuters)
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 30, 2010 (Reuters) -- The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid scientific evidence and avoid straying into policy advocacy, a group of national science academies said in a report on Monday. ... > read full story
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Study finds first genetic link to common migraine (Reuters)
LONDON, Aug. 30, 2010 (Reuters) -- An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. ... > read full story
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Scientists crack through wheat's genetic code (Reuters)
 LONDON, Aug. 27, 2010 (Reuters) -- Scientists have cracked and published almost all of the highly complex genetic code of wheat -- a staple food for more than a third of the world's people -- and say breeders can now use their findings to improve yields. ... > read full story
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