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Neurons slow down for placebo effect
A placebo treatment temporarily quelled symptoms of Parkinson's disease in six people by decreasing the electrical activity of brain cells crucial to the condition.
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Health & MedicineHerbal erection pills may be spiked
Some pills marketed as herbal remedies for erectile dysfunction contain drugs that should be available only by prescription.
By Ben Harder -
EarthFiltered air cuts down mutations
Microscopic particles in the air may mutate the DNA of sperm.
By John Travis -
Two egg cells make fatherless mouse
By fusing two egg cells, researchers have created a mouse with no father.
By John Travis -
AstronomyWindy endeavor
In early April, an Earth-orbiting satellite closed its doors after more than 2 years of collecting ions from the solar wind.