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  1. Health & Medicine

    Risk profile for diabetes

    People who harbor excess amounts of the compound fetuin-A face a heightened risk of developing diabetes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Cancer and college

    Highly educated people have reaped the benefits of cancer prevention and treatment. Death rates in this group have fallen, but people with less education have missed out on these gains.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Anthropology

    Loud and clear

    Skulls of Neandertal ancestors show the prehistoric humans had a hearing capacity similar to present-day people, suggesting human speech could have originated much earlier than previously thought.

    By Tia Ghose
  4. Health & Medicine

    Shared recipes for longer life

    Being female and eating a calorie-restricted diet contribute to long lifespan in animals, and the two traits may share molecular mechanisms.