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Pleistocene Park? Scientists Almost Done Mapping Mammoth DNA

Astronauts Tackle Glitches with Space Water Recycler

A daily puff of a compound like marijuana, the plant blamed for ruining potheads' recall, might help maintain memory in old age, researchers who tried it on rats reported today at a neuroscience meeting.

Lost in space: Now spider goes missing on orbital station 200 miles above Earth

Experiments show that an enzyme called telomerase could be the key ingredient in an 'elixir of life'.

NASA's new 'interplanetary internet' paves way for deep space messaging

Stem cells restore hearing and vision in guinea pigs

Mysterious clump of dark matter discovered 'close' to Earth
(don't worry, it's light years away)

Scientists find new penguin species... 500 years after it became extinct

Tiny primate rediscovered 80 years after it was thought to be extinct

-> ending on a positive tip...