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      ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th ... More

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      • New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
      • Mouse study points to treatment for Down syndrome

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• Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers Posted 4 hours, 27 minutes ago

  ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday. The body parts, along with another finger and a vertebrae, were cut from Galileo's corpse ... More

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• Astronaut in space while wife giving birth Posted 6 hours, 27 minutes ago

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl. "He'd certainly like to be there for the birth of his daughter, but timing ... More

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• New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles Posted 1 day, 5 hours ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported on Thursday. They have given some of the new species snappy names -- BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc -- but say ... More

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• Mouse study points to treatment for Down syndrome Posted 1 day, 18 hours ago

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for the brain to develop normally, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said mice with a rodent version of ... More

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• Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type disease Posted 1 day, 22 hours ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them, researchers said Wednesday. Their study of the unusual cannibalistic practice shows evolution in real time in the human ... More

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• Infrared telescope to detect dim, dusty objects Posted 2 days, 19 hours ago

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant, scientists said on Tuesday. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is expected to reveal hundreds ... More

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• Tests rule out BSE in Slovenia cow Posted 3 days, 10 hours ago

  LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Laboratory tests ruled out mad cow disease in a 3-year-old Slovenian cow that died in September, the Slovenian Veterinary Administration said on Tuesday. It said the tests were made in the EU's reference laboratory in Weybridge in the United Kingdom. Euro zone member Slovenia has so far ... More

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• In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures Posted 3 days, 21 hours ago

  SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil (Reuters) - The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers. In jungle so dense it all but blocks out the sun ... More

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• Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection Posted 3 days, 23 hours ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They found evidence that the human immune system can recognize bits of the new H1N1 virus that are similar to older ... More

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• Shuttle Atlantis arrives at space station Posted 4 days, 8 hours ago

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver spare parts needed to keep the outpost operational after the shuttles' retirement next year. Atlantis, which blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Monday, ended its two-day journey at 11:51 a ... More

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