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Muscles, Resveratrol (Chemical), Exercise, Research, Medicine and Health, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
Research on mice suggests that pills could trick the muscles into thinking they have been exercising.

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United States Sugar, Florida Crystals, US Sugar, Florida, Everglades (Fla), Sugar, Refineries, Environment
In a plan to save the Everglades, Florida officials and a family-run sugar company are seeking a delicate balance.

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July 31st, 2008 by
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Greece, Greek Civilization, Archimedes, Archaeology and Anthropology, History
The Antikythera Mechanism organized the ancient Greek calendar in the cycles of the Olympiad, researchers say.

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July 31st, 2008 by
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Greece, Greek Civilization, Archimedes, Archaeology and Anthropology, History
The Antikythera Mechanism organized the ancient Greek calendar in the cycles of the Olympiad, researchers say.

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July 30th, 2008 by
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DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Schizophrenia, Genetics and Heredity, Research, Medicine and Health, Mental Health and Disorders
Researchers hunting for schizophrenia genes on a larger scale than ever before have found new genetic variants that point toward a different understanding of the disease.

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July 30th, 2008 by
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Greece, Greek Civilization, Archimedes, Archaeology and Anthropology, History
The Antikythera Mechanism organized the ancient Greek calendar in the cycles of the Olympiad, researchers say.

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July 30th, 2008 by
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Olympic Games (2008), Women
Olympic organizers have set up a sex-determination laboratory to evaluate the external appearance, hormones and genes of “suspect” female athletes.

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July 30th, 2008 by
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Natural Resources Defense Council, Environment
The number of beach closings and health warnings issued to swimmers as a result of pollution fell last year from a record level in 2006, an environmental group says.

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July 29th, 2008 by
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CERN, Particle Accelerators, Physics, Large Hadron Collider
After 14 years, the world’s largest physics experiment seems to be getting close enough to becoming a reality for its participants to plan the opening parties.

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July 29th, 2008 by
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Air Show, jetpack, Inventions and Patents
An inventor plans to unveil what he calls “the world’s first practical jetpack” at an air show in Wisconsin.
