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  1. Health & Medicine

    Taste of power goes to the head, then muscles

    Just a swish of the carbohydrates in an energy drink can increase muscle performance, a study suggests.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Health & Medicine

    Genetic switch makes old mice forgetful

    Reversing a chemical change restored the animals’ memory-making ability.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Life

    Neandertal genome yields evidence of interbreeding with humans

    After years of looking, geneticists are shocked to find that 1 percent to 4 percent of DNA in people from Europe and Asia is inherited from Neandertals.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Chemistry

    Decon Green can clean up the most toxic messes, developers claim

    A new decontaminant could be a more benign alternative for cleaning up after chemical and biological accidents.