Let me start off by saying one of the nice things about where we physically are right now is that we remove the effects of gravity, so we're able to do experiments that involve the effect of gravity basically on Earth as we look at what happens with the absence of it.

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And do expect China to fly more and more European experiments on Shenzhou and Tiangong missions.

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Physiome's virtual heart allows drug companies to test the effects of their compounds electronically before they try them on real people and even to do experiments that would be unacceptable in the material world.

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But experiments using EEG have allowed people to do simple things like pressing buttons on a computer screen by moving a cursor and clicking it, and operating the flippers on a pinball machine.

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Arena is going to need to agree with the FDA on an independent pathologist to figure out a path forward on the rat carcinogenicity studies it has already done and possibly do more animal experiments.

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Many such explanations arise from the idea that males have more to gain than females do by seeking a large number of mates a notion that is ultimately based on experiments with fruit flies in 1948.

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