Children in Blended Families Still Close to Biological Mothers (HealthDay)
August 5, 2008
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- With few exceptions,
stepchildren and those in other non-traditional families featuring the
kids' biological mother spend as much time with their parents as those in
traditional families, new research finds.
How NASA Might Find Rock-Eating Microbes on Mars (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Signs of life on Mars may be hiding under its rocks, or perhaps hiding inside those rocks. A new study offers a simplified technique for detecting biological and pre-biotic molecules that become trapped inside minerals.
NASA searches for rock-eating Mars microbes
Signs of life on Mars may be hiding under its rocks, or perhaps hiding inside those rocks. A new study offers a simplified technique for detecting biological and pre-biotic molecules that become trapped inside minerals. 
Genome fanatics to post own DNA...
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Massachusetts to spend $1 billion on biotechnology (Reuters)
Reuters - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill on Monday that will direct $1 billion of state funds toward biotechnology over 10 years, aiming to fill a federal funding shortfall caused by White House opposition to embryonic stem cell research.
Children in Blended Families Still Close to Biological Mothers (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- With few exceptions, stepchildren and those in other non-traditional families featuring the kids' biological mother spend as much time with their parents as those in traditional families, new research finds. 
Male biological clock 'ticks too'
Scientists say they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks.
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Mars has researchers buzzing, given that water is a key ingredient for life.
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Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the...
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Gene Mutations for Rare Heart Disease...
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- The same 10 gene mutations
responsible for cardiac hypertrophy (thickening of the heart muscle) in
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Microbes found living at record 1.6km below seabed (Reuters)
Reuters - Microbes have been found living at a record depth of 1.6 km (a mile) beneath the Atlantic seabed in a hint that life might also evolve underground on other planets, scientists said on Thursday.
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Scientists Claim Woman's DNA...
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