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Lucas Murray batboy
7yr-old blind ‘Batboy’ sees with his ears

London, Oct 5 (ANI): A 7-year-old blind boy has been given the nickname Batboy, for he has learnt how to “see” by using his ears.

Lucas Murray, who was born blind, is believed to be the first in Britain to use echoes to visualise his surroundings.

He clicks his tongue on the roof of his mouth, and discovers where objects are based on how the sound bounces back......

Elizabeth Adeney
First picture: Britain's oldest mother and her new son

Britain's oldest mother brought her baby home for the first time yesterday.

Elizabeth Adeney, 66, looked radiant as she lifted her son lovingly out of her car.

Doctors have been monitoring Mrs Adeney and her baby in hospital since she gave birth to the boy weighing 5lb 3oz by caesarean section a week ago after IVF treatment......

Danionella dracula
'Dracula' fish shows baby teeth

Dubbed the "Dracula" fish, the creature is about 17mm (0.7 inches) long and has been found in only one Burmese stream.

The researchers, from London's Natural History Museum (NHM), believe the fish lost its teeth over evolutionary time, but later evolved the bone fangs.

Writing in the Royal Society's journal Proceedings B, they say the males use the fangs to jostle each other - but do not appear to draw blood......

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Molecular basis for learning

European scientists have proved there is a shared molecular basis for mice's ability to learn, form memories and recall them.

A cellular molecule in the brain's hippocampus is responsible, according to a group led by Liliana Minichiello at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy, together with Agnès Gruart from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Spain.

"Obviously, mental illnesses can better be cured when you know what molecules are involved. Right now, these drugs in existence, they do something, but very little. And I think that is because of a lack of knowledge about the molecular mechanism. It is not the first target to make a drug, but (our discovery) definitely will aid the people that do that work," said Minichiello.
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