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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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		Health & MedicineInfant digestive problem more likely with formula
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, which causes forceful vomiting, is more common in babies not breast-fed.
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		Health & MedicineSeek Meningitis Vaccine
Excerpt from the November 9, 1963, issue of SCIENCE NEWS LETTER.
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		PsychologyThe bright side of sadness
Bad moods can have unappreciated mental upsides.
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		AnthropologyFossil skull points to single root for human evolution
New find suggests that humankind’s origins trace to an ancient species that spread from Africa to Asia.
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		Health & MedicineHopes raised for Ebola treatment
Most monkeys given dual therapy survive infection with lethal virus.
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		Health & MedicineAudio therapy may avert chemo-induced hearing loss
Mice exposed to loud sound before getting chemotherapy preserve valuable cells in the inner ear, a new study shows.
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		Health & MedicineElectrodes dupe brain into feeling touch
Stimulating the right neuron at the right time gave monkeys the sensation of contact.
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		Science & SocietyScarcity
Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explain why having too little means so much.
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		AnthropologyNeandertals ate stomach goop, and you can too
Eating partially digested stomach contents, or chyme, has long been a nutritional boost.
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