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New brain research reveals that motor neurons adjust to control tasks

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Kent State archaeologist explains innovation of 'fluting' ancient stone weaponry

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Why don't Americans have a name for the color 'light blue?'

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Satellites reveal bird habitat loss in California

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Most dengue infections transmitted in or near home

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8 ways the National Science Foundation supports our troops

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's--a key discovery about human memory

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Cedars-Sinai investigators identify human brain processes critical to short-term memory

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Practice makes perfect, and 'overlearning' locks it in

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By age 6, gender stereotypes can affect girls' choices

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Stereotypes about 'brilliance' affect girls' interests as early as age 6, new study finds

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Premature babies don't use sensory-prediction brain process that may be key to development

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'Protective' DNA strands are shorter in adults who had more infections as infants

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Fixating on faces

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Scientists discover large extinct otter

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Archaeologists uncover new clues to Maya collapse

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Brain prints reveal children's reading difficulties

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Humans, not climate change, wiped out Australian megafauna

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Why baboon males resort to domestic violence

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Mandarin makes you more musical?

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Researchers map how the brain processes faces from sight to recognition

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Breathing life back into language

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One potential solution to bullying: social psychology

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'Belonging' can help keep talented female students in STEM classes

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Babies are language sponges -- even with sign language

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Language and earthquakes: Insights in disaster response

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Math without numbers

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Neuroscience research into dyslexia leads to 'brainprints'

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Video: Tiny cars help infants' cognitive development

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