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• Entire genome of close human relative decoded from fossil February 7, 2012
  The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, has completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan, a representative of an Asian group of extinct humans related to... […]
• How the brain detects an imminent collision February 7, 2012
  When you are about to collide into something and manage to swerve away just in the nick of time, what exactly is happening in your brain? A new study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and... […]
• Add dessert to menu to improve weight loss February 7, 2012
  When it comes to diets, cookies and cake are off the menu. Now, in a surprising discovery, researchers from Tel Aviv University have found that dessert, as part of a balanced 600-calorie breakfast... […]