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Electric stimulation of brain releases powerful, opiate-like painkiller

The benefits of morphine without the addiction

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How to lose 50 years of aging in 16 days

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The slower you grow, the longer you live

Fish study may also apply to humans

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Why you should go paperless in 2013

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How to watch chemo killing liver tumors in real time

Immediate feedback shows if chemotherapy worked, or if additional treatment is needed

Acrobatic space rovers to explore moons and asteroids

An autonomous system for exploring the solar system’s smaller members, such as moons and asteroids, could bring us closer to a human mission to Mars

Better than human

Imagine that 7 out of 10 working Americans got fired tomorrow. What would they all do?

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Google Glass update

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Cosmic radiation found harmful to astronauts during space travel

NASA-funded study shows exposed mice develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease

Single-molecule motor sits on a single-atom ball bearing

Can be run forward or in reverse, depending on where electrons are injected

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