Wake-up call for sleep research
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The National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research wants a new sleep research institute that would fall under the aegis of the National Institutes of Health. The Commission estimates that sleep problems cost society about $50 billion a year.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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For sale: a piece of human history
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Paleontologists are outraged by the sale of rare human fossils on an Internet site called Fossilnet. They believe that sales to private collectors are a loss to science and warn that the fossils may not be authentic.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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