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As those of us who have seen the movie “Juno” can attest, teenagers do not make good dads. Now researchers have discovered that they are also likely to have unhealthy babies. While it’s obvious why this might be true with teenaged mothers (because they don?t get the right kind of prenatal care), BBC News reports that the researchers who discovered this don’t know why teenaged fathers have the same effect on their babies. They speculate that they may have less money to support the child and may also offer less emotional support to the mother, which would in turn impact the baby’s health.
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There’s a good reason why, despite all our efforts, we haven’t been able to pick up any signs of alien life, and an EVEN BETTER reason why they haven’t contacted us yet (unless they have).
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We may soon see people who spent years in wheelchairs get up and walk again.

A group of researchers think that, in the future, they may be able to use the body’s own nerves to “bridge the gap” in the spinal cord that is left when paralysis occurs. Researcher Marie Filbin was able to do this for paralyzed rats. BBC News quotes researcher Giorgio Terenghi as saying, “It’s a very good idea, but the key thing is how much function they will be able to restore using this technique.”

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Why has a “doomsday” seed vault been created? Could it be because of the uncontrollable spread of genetically engineered seed? A vault filled with samples of seeds from the world’s major crops is now open in Norway, carved into a remote, snow-covered mountain. It can hold 4.5 million groups of seeds.

In Yahoo News.com, Pierre-Henry Deshayes quotes Cary Fowler, of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, as saying, “The facility is built to hold twice as many varieties of agricultural crops as we think exist. It will not be filled up in my lifetime, nor in my grandchildren’s lifetime.”
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