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Rats take fast route to remembering
Rats use background knowledge about what they have already learned to remember relevant new material surprisingly quickly.
By Bruce Bower -
Health & MedicineAugmenting the good cholesterol
A reconstituted version of good cholesterol may lessen the amount of plaque that accumulates in arteries and render existing plaque less dangerous.
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Planetary ScienceCavernous findings from Mars
Images taken by a Mars-orbiting spacecraft show what appear to be caves on the Red Planet.
By Ron Cowen -
Planetary ScienceNo Escape: There’s global warming on Mars too
The overall darkening of Mars' surface in recent decades has significantly raised the Red Planet's temperature, a possible cause for the substantial, recent shrinkage of the planet's southern ice cap.