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Does Heading a Soccer Ball Cause Brain Damage?
Soccer heading poses greater risk to youth players -
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One Fifth of U.K. Kids with Persistent Coughs May Have Pertussis
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How to Get New Genes Into a Cell
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Changing Smell of Corpses Measures Time of Death
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Sudden Death: What Is Marfan’s Syndrome?
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Leaky Methane Makes Natural Gas Bad for Global Warming
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Higgs Boson Looks “Standard,” but Upgraded LHC May Tell a Different Tale
A new run at the Large Hadron Collider in 2015 could show whether the Higgs boson matches the Standard Model of particle physics or opens the door to new theories -
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Next Creative Breakthrough
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New Fish Farming Measures Aim to Combat Sea Lice
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Humpback Whales May Lose "Endangered" Status
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Carbon-Monitoring Orbiter Redux Readies for Launch
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Technology and the Emerging Post-Privacy Era
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Home Depot Looks to Limit Pesticides to Help Honeybees
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