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Rat Sleep

February 19, 2002

Dreaming helps rats remember and learn from the day's events.

February 18, 2002

Hearing and deaf people's brains process words differently when reading English

February 15, 2002

Parrots learn to put together words much like babies do.

February 14, 2002

Photonic crystals that manipulate light could one day be used in a variety of applications.

February 13, 2002

Watching how cancer drugs affect proteins marked with a green fluorescent dye

February 12, 2002

People with wide heads have a higher incidence of sleep apnea.

February 11, 2002

Discovery of a soil bacterium that helps break down the pollutant PCB

February 8, 2002

A dark matter object identified by gravitational lensing turns out to be a dim star.

February 7, 2002

Studying snake heat-sensing for better artificial infrared sensors

February 6, 2002

Artificial bone that mimics real bone's microscopic structure

February 5, 2002

Why do you feel sleepy after eating a big meal? (The comfort unmasks underlying sleepiness.)

February 4, 2002

The mountains of Salt Lake City were shaped by powerful earthquakes in the past.