ADHD In Childhood May Feed Obesity In Adults
By Nancy Shute
Men who were diagnosed with ADHD as children are more likely to be obese in adulthood, according to a new study.
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Water Trapped for 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life
By Adam Cole
Scientists have discovered water that has been trapped in rock for more than a billion years.
Cloning, Stem Cells Long Mired in Legislative Gridlock
By Julie Rovner
The news that U.S. scientists have successfully cloned a human embryo seems almost certain to rekindle a political fight that has raged, on and off, since the announcement of the creation of Dolly the sheep in 1997.
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What Ants Can Teach Us About Our Own Corporate Ladder
By Jeremy Hobson/Marketplace Morning Report
University of Illinois Entomologist May Berenbaum talks about a study out of Switzerland that finds similarities in the corporate structures of ants and humans.
Peoria Hospital Transplants Windpipe Using Stem Cells
By Denise Molina
A Peoria hospital is in the national spotlight after it was able to transplant a tissue-engineered bio-artificial trachea into a two-year old child.
Suspect in Ricin Letters Case Could Face Life in Prison
By Bill Chappell
Federal agents who are investigating poison-laced letters that were sent to President Obama and others have arrested Everett Dutschke, of Tupelo, Miss.
Scientists ‘Read Dreams’ Using Brain Scans
By Rebecca Morelle
Scientists have found a way to "read" dreams, a study suggests.
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Obama’s Plan to Explore the Brain a ‘Most Audacious Project’
By Jon Hamilton
President Obama has announced an ambitious plan to explore the mysteries of the human brain.
Illinois, Iowa Could Bid on Fertilizer Facility
By Jeff Bossert, With Additional Reporting from The Associated Press
A Champaign legislator believes Illinois can rival what Iowa is offering to lure a fertilizer production facility to Tuscola. The two states could end up in a bidding war over Cronus Chemical’s $1.2 billion facility.
Scientists Believe They Found God Particle
By Jason Palmer
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider say the particle outlined in July 2012 looks increasingly to be a Higgs boson.
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