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- Health & Medicine
Study supports connection between BPA and heart disease
U.S. population data reveal possible relationship between cardiovascular risk and plastics chemical.
- Health & Medicine
Gene variant might guard against Alzheimer’s, other dementia
Same form has been linked to longevity and ‘good’ cholesterol levels.
By Nathan Seppa - Life
Why light makes migraines worse
A new study traces brain wiring to discover why light increases migraine pain.
- Earth
Hydrothermal vent environments not unchanging
Once-rare organisms can become dominant, probably as some environmental conditions change over time.
By Sid Perkins - Health & Medicine
Skip spine stabilization and get to the hospital
Gunshot victims may be more likely to survive if they get to the hospital quickly instead of getting spine stabilization first.
By Nathan Seppa - Life
Sea slug steals genes for greens, makes chlorophyll like a plant
A sea slug, long known as a kidnapper of algal biochemistry, can make its own supply of a key photosynthetic compound.
By Susan Milius - Space
Saving the Earth with dynamical simulations
A new model suggests how protoplanets kept a safe distance from the sun.
- Archaeology
Ancient hominids may have been seafarers
Researchers have discovered hundreds of African-style stone hand axes on Crete, suggesting that sea-going hominids reached the island hundreds of thousands of years ago en route to Europe.
By Bruce Bower -
- Physics
Symmetry found hidden in supercold atoms
Scientists have detected an elusive, complex symmetry in the frequencies of resonating particles
- Space
Gamma-ray burst may reveal some of oldest dust in the universe
Remote flash may have uncovered supernova-generated dust from just 1 billion years after the Big Bang
By Ron Cowen - Life
Bornavirus genes found in human DNA
Researchers have found molecular fossils of an RNA virus in human and other mammalian genomes, pushing back the emergence of RNA viruses millions of years.