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  1. Prepared brains achieve insight

    Sudden verbal insights arise from distinct brain operations that focus attention and facilitate access to word knowledge.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Do acid blockers let microbes reach the colon?

    Suppressing stomach acid while taking antibiotics may allow drug-resistant bacteria to colonize the intestines.

    By Nathan Seppa

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    The research showing that experimental animals receiving both antibiotics and stomach-acid suppressants colonized large numbers of drug-resistant intestinal bacteria might be important to preventing drug-resistant Clostridium difficile. Reviewing patients’ records to see whether those who developed the disease were more frequently prescribed antibiotics and stomach-acid blockers at the same time might be helpful in preventing […]

    By Science News
  4. Astronomy

    Record-breaking galaxy

    Looking ever deeper into space and farther back in time, astronomers have found a galaxy more distant than any other known in the universe.