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			<title><![CDATA[Irish potato famine pathogen identified]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350623</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Schizophrenia medicine works on antibiotic-resistant bacteria]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350622</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unknown respiratory infection hospitalizes 7 in Alabama, two dead]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350599</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Game On 2.0 looks at the science of gaming]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350613</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[How the penguin lost its flight]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350545</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[New research suggests suicide is a mental disorder]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350486</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[How much dengue virus is needed to infect a person?]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350490</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA: Asteroid 1998 QE2 will pass Earth on May 31]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350385</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA: 56,000 mph meteor hits Moon, biggest explosion ever (Video)]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350370</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is it ethical to probe for the 'IQ gene'?]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350367</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Malaria mosquitoes are attracted by human smells]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350366</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alligators offer clues for tooth regeneration]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350342</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[New fossil species from Canada named after movie star Johnny Depp]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350280</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists explain how the brain 'rewires' itself after injury]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350251</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cloned embryos flatten the stem cell debate]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350241</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Breakthrough: Cloning human skin cell to produce embryonic cells]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350212</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Edible nicotine could help alleviate Parkinson’s disease]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350205</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Relativity loophole makes Star Trek Enterprise warp possible]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350176</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Authorities find three lethal viruses circulating simultaneously]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350198</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alert level raised on Popocatépetl volcano as activity increases]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350184</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[London Zoo makes global appeal for females of rare fish species]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350062</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bacteria used to combat malaria]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350084</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monkey throws tantrum at unfair treatment and inequality]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350009</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Injectable nanoscale-particles network to control blood sugar]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349973</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[New SARS-like coronavirus may be spreading in France]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349940</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[The father of chemotherapy has died]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349929</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Will the next new antibiotic be produced by the brain?]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349896</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Video: Australia treated to 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349871</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Richard III exhibition attracts more than 50,000 visitors]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349811</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antidepressant being considered for meningitis cure]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349835</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brazilian 'Atlantis': Evidence of continent beneath the Atlantic]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349804</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[International Space Station leaking coolant]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350056</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sad, spectacular time-lapse animation shows human impact on Earth]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349847</link>
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