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  1. Wayward Moods: Bipolar kids travel tough road to teenhood

    Children diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a psychiatric ailment characterized by severe mood swings, exhibit a depressingly poor response to standard drug treatments and psychotherapy.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Planetary Science

    Odyssey’s Homer: Hints of water near both poles of Mars

    Sensors on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft have spied strong signs of ice buried near both poles of the Red Planet, exactly the regions where scientists previously had said that such frozen water deposits could exist.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Health & Medicine

    Dieting woes tied to hunger hormone

    A rise in the appetite-enhancing hormone ghrelin after weight loss may explain why dieters regain pounds.