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Drug restores speech in Alzheimer's: experts worry
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO - Alzheimer 's patients given a popular rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic improvem...

NASA eyes buying Japan's cargo spacecraft: report
TOKYO - NASA has began unofficial negotiations with Japan 's space agency on purchasing units of an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft a...

College accuses fusion scientist of misconduct
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON - A scientist who claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion on a table top committed research misconduct,...

Loud bar music makes customers drink more: study
LONDON - Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday. Their s...

Russian says remains of last Tsar's son identified
By James Kilner YEKATERINBURG, Russia - Russia said on Wednesday that charred remains found in a pit belonged to Tsar Nicholas II...

Apes departing Hollywood for Iowa research center
DES MOINES, Iowa - Filmmakers looking for an ape may be left scratching their heads after Hollywood 's sole supplier of orangutans decid...

Sick bees lose their buzz, study finds
LONDON - Bumblebees lose a bit of their buzz when ill, and like humans, have a tougher time doing daily tasks until they recover, Britis...

Brain region linked to obsessive disorder risk
By Michael Kahn LONDON - Scientists have located an area in the brain that fails to "kick-in " for people with obsessive compuls...

Breast-feeding triggers pulses of feel-good hormone
CHICAGO - When a baby breast-feeds, it triggers a flood of the hormone oxytocin that releases milk from the mammary gland and a feeling ...

Canal fossils give clue to formation of Americas
By Andrew Beatty PANAMA CITY - Scientists in Panama have unearthed hundreds of animal fossils dating back 20 million years, which...