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  1. Humans

    Letters from the February 10, 2007, issue of Science News

    Grape gripe “A Toast to Healthy Hearts: Wine compounds benefit blood vessels” (SN: 12/2/06, p. 356) leaves us up in the air with this statement: “. . . since the traditional wine-making techniques still in use in southwestern France and Sardinia increase concentrations of polymeric procyanidins, he says, other vintners may soon adopt such methods.” […]

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  2. Animals

    Do flies eat their sibs before birth?

    A tiny fly that parasitizes cicadas could be the first insect species that's recognized to practice prenatal cannibalism.

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  3. Food smells reduce diet’s life-extending benefits

    The scent of food may decrease the life-extending effects of a low-calorie diet.