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  1. Humans

    Letters from the October 29, 2005, issue of Science News

    Food for thought I note that pleasure activates the neurobiological response that fuels addictive behavior (“Food Fix: Neurobiology highlights similarities between obesity and drug addiction,” SN: 9/3/05, p. 155). It has long been a tenet of the 12-step programs that there is no pleasure greater than to use one’s talents to help others similarly afflicted. […]

    By Science News
  2. Health & Medicine

    Single drug dose may be better against cholera

    A single dose of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin cures cholera in children as often as a 12-dose regimen of erythromycin does.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Planetary Science

    Shoreline for Titan?

    New radar images of Saturn's smog-shrouded moon Titan show evidence of a shoreline cutting across the moon's southern hemisphere.