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  1. Hypnosis subdues the visual brain

    Hypnotic suggestions to perceive written words as gibberish depress activity in brain areas responsible for vision, possibly reflecting a hypnosis-induced decline in attention paid to visual objects.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Animals

    Is eyeless sea creature fishing with a red light?

    Researchers off the coast of California have captured three deep-water siphonophores, relatives of jellyfish, and observed in the lab that the creatures twitch little red lights that could be lures for fish.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    Vaccines against Marburg and Ebola viruses advance

    Two new vaccines protect against the lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses, tests in monkeys show.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Cells in heart can regenerate dead tissue

    Stem cells in heart tissue that has survived a heart attack can be prodded to regenerate dead portions of the injured organ.