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Page last updated at 17:32 GMT, Friday, 21 November 2008

Brain depiction (IBM)
IBM to build brain-like computers
A collaboration in the US is aiming to create artificial brain circuits that mimic the structure and workings of neurons.
Mouse brain simulated on computer

The protist is about the size of a grape 'Grape' is key to fossil puzzle
The forerunners of giant single-celled organisms living on the ocean floor may have left fossil tracks, say marine biologists.

Space walk Nothing lost in space - this time
Astronauts have completed further repairs at the International Space Station without mishap.

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