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  1. Humans

    Despite lean times, Obama wants R&D hikes

    The proposed federal budget would stall nonmandated spending overall, but science and tech would climb.

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  2. Humans

    Food exports can drain arid regions

    Many dry regions ‘export’ large amounts of water in the form of agricultural products.

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  3. Psychology

    Babies catch words early

    Vocabulary learning starts when babies can barely babble.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Just two cells to make memories last

    A pair of neurons in fly's brain is essential to long-term information storage and retrieval.

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  5. Psychology

    Vodka delivers shot of creativity

    Alcohol intoxication raises men’s performance on a test of verbal ingenuity.