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  1. Health & Medicine

    Mom’s past drug abuse may alter brain chemistry of offspring

    A new study in rats suggests that the lingering effects of adolescent opiate use may be passed on for two generations, even if the female is drug-free when she gets pregnant.

    By Tom Siegfried
  2. Life

    Rare mutations key to brain disorders

    Many cases of mental retardation can be explained by genetic variants that arise in affected individuals.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    A new way for blind mice to see

    A new type of prosthetic eye can analyze patterns of cell activity to reproduce images similar to those produced in normal vision.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Humans

    Online comments maybe not total waste of time

    Conversations on news sites reveal patterns in how information and ideas spread.