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8 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Fountain of Youth on Easter Island?

by Gisela Telis
Compound found in soil extends life span of mice
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7 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Drug-Resistant Swine Flu, NSF Porn Scandal Redux

by Science News Staff
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
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7 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Did an Ancient Volcano Freeze Earth?

by Phil Berardelli
Models gauge eruption's catastrophic potential
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7 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Cancer Does Discriminate

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel
Even with the same care, blacks and whites fare differently with some cancers
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6 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Social Security Numbers Are Easy to Guess

by Karen Fox
Numbers can be predicted with public data, triggering fears of identity theft
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2 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Secret of Scotland's Shrinking Sheep Solved

by Nayanah Siva
Climate change cited as credible culprit
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2 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Scientists Find Heart Stem Cells

by Constance Holden
Cells could eventually be used to regrow heart parts
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1 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Finally, an Average Black Hole

by Phil Berardelli
Astronomers may have discovered a black hole that's neither small nor gigantic
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1 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

New Fossil Primate Challenges "Missing Link" Ida

by Ann Gibbons
Researchers propose that it was Asian, not European or African, primates that gave rise to monkeys, apes, and humans
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