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	Sex in Space Possible but Problematic
In July, Dr Jason Kring, who works as an advisor at NASA, called for the agency to get the astronauts ready for sex in space. He said that a trip to Mars would last about three years and there's little chance that men and women working in the same team will not think about sex.
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	Faster than the Speed of Light
Gerald Cleaver (Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Baylor University) and Richard Obousy (graduate student) are the names of the two physicists that are currently working on a new scheme to move faster than the speed of light.
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	World's First Robot With a Biological Brain
It seems that researchers managed to set a first step in mixing natural and artificial intelligence. Their creation may bring light to the primary building blocks of memory and learning.
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	The Secret of Women with Male DNA
The secret lying within the body of Eden Atwood seemed to be really terrible. Some considered that it would have been better for her not to find out about her condition.
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	HIV Woman with No Symptoms May Hold a Secret to the Virus Cure
A woman who was infected with AIDS virus by her husband but has never shown any symptoms may help scientists find a clue to AIDS vaccine, US researchers said.
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	Scientists One Step Closer to Creating Invisibility Material
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, say they have come very close to developing cloak which could make people and objects invisible.
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	New Technologies Show the Complex Structure of the Brain
A usual scanning of a human brain presents a muted gray image, which one can distinguish quite easy by a series of complex folds.
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	Captain James Cook Did Not Discover New Zealand First?
Scientists discovered that the skull, found by a boy while walking his dog in 2004 on the banks of a river, turned out to belong to a European woman who passed away over 260 years ago.
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	Japanese Women Are the Longest Living in the World
Japanese women were once again named the longest living people in the world in 2008, showing the life expectancy of 86 years old, Japan's health ministry reported.
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	HIV Drug Persists in Breast Milk
Researchers claim that a drug used in the developing countries for preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to baby, is preserved in breast milk, which can lead to the development of drug-resistant strains of HIV in newborns.
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	Baby's Smile Lights Up Mother's Brain
A new research claims that the smile of a baby can not only melt a mother's heart but light up her brain as well.
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	Scientists to Develop "Fitness Pill"
Scientists are working on a special pill which might bring some of the advantages of exercise. According to a report published in the journal Cell, the researchers in the United States have developed two possible pills that can apparently build muscles, increase the energy level and burn fat.
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	NASA Presents New Website With Historical Image and Video Gallery
Last week NASA presented a new interactive website, which was created in collaboration with the non-profit organization Internet Archive.
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	Women Happiness Wears off with the Age
Women feel unhappy later in life than men in spite of the fact that many of them are happier in their early adulthood.
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	Bees to Help Hunt Down Serial Killers
Scientists consider that by analyzing the techniques used by bumblebees when they search for food, could be helpful in tracking down serial killers.
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