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Fixing a neglected brain
Scientists used to believe that the adult brain was rigid. But recent evidence shows it remains capable of generating new cells and circuitry
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From neglected kid to reckless teen
Critical life skills like wariness of strangers, impulse control and the ability to distinguish right from wrong can all become casualties of a neglectful childhood.
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The Neglected Brain, Part 1
With the help of neuro-imaging, Romanian orphans and the "Still Face Experiment" researchers are shedding light and hope on neglect, the most common - by far - form of child maltreatment.
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HIV spared my daughter. How we can spare the next generation.
A while ago, the goal of an AIDS-free generation would have been improbable.
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Cloning a new Woodland Park Zoo elephant?
Bamboo and Chai are leaving the zoo, but scientists are working on plans to "de-extinct" their ancestor, the woolly mammoth, which roamed prehistoric Seattle.