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    Why should the whale study lead scientists to “change the way we view sleep”? Among whales, the priority is that babies not drown in the first weeks of life. Maturational processes thought to occur during sleep, such as brain development, might have to be put on hold while this critical lesson is learned. Our neonatal […]

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  2. Sleepless in SeaWorld: Some newborns and moms forgo slumber

    Orca-whale and dolphin babies and their mothers appear to skip sleep for as long as a month after the pups' birth.

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  3. Plants

    Long search reveals cell receptor for plant growth

    More than 70 years after biologists identified the important plant growth hormone auxin, they have finally found a cell-receptor molecule for it.