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Category: Science News
Posted on: December 4, 2007 7:02 PM, by Greg Laden

Kids of depressed moms more prone to behavioral problems and injury from PhysOrg.com
Young children whose mothers are depressed are more prone to behavioural problems and injury, suggests US research published in Injury Prevention.

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Matrimony inhibits Polo kinase from PhysOrg.com

Suspended animation is something we only associate with Sci Fi programs, but something remarkably similar actually occurs in unfertilized egg cells, in the ovaries of animals as different as humans and fruit flies. In an article published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, researchers from the Stowers Institute describe the two proteins that provide "Sleeping Beauty's Kiss" to the long-dormant egg cells.

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Why do high school seniors drink? from PhysOrg.com

Most high school seniors drink because they want to experiment with alcohol, some drink for the thrill of it, and others because it helps them relax. A new study finds that a fourth group of high school students share all those reasons for drinking, but they also drink to get away from problems and to deal with anger or frustration issues.

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