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- Health & Medicine
Where funny faces come from
Making a face might have helped human ancestors survive.
By Amy Maxmen - Health & Medicine
Girl athletes’ energy crisis
Lack of regular periods in teenage female athletes stems from a hormone imbalance arising from inadequate energy intake.
By Nathan Seppa - Animals
Squeaky chimp sex, or not
Female chimps tend toward silent sex when the other girls could overhear.
By Susan Milius - Space
Rocky cores form first
A theorist says new extrasolar findings prove that the standard model of planet formation is correct.
By Ron Cowen - Health & Medicine
Cooking cancer cells
A new technique combining antibodies, carbon nanotubes and near-infrared light holds promise for treating malignancies, scientists report.
- Archaeology
Green reapers
Agriculture's rise sparked widespread use of green stone beads as fertility charms and as protection against supernatural forces, scientists propose.
By Bruce Bower - Planetary Science
Surprise found in comet dust
Scientists find an odd mineral that could offer clues to the solar system's origins.
- Life
Wine find
Cell tests suggest that resveratrol, the substance that seems to account for the healthful effects of red wine, might have antiobesity effects, too.
By Nathan Seppa - Health & Medicine
Good news for coffeeholics
When lifestyle factors like smoking were taken into account, coffee drinkers had lower death rates than their non-drinking peers, according to a study of more than 120,000 people.
By Tia Ghose - Health & Medicine
Keep at it
Moderate exercise can extend survival for overweight and obese men who have diabetes.
By Nathan Seppa - Astronomy
Otherworldly triple play
Astronomers have discovered the first known system of three superEarths beyond the solar system.
By Ron Cowen -