8,095 results
- Health & Medicine
Gut microbes may foster heart disease
In breaking down a common dietary fat, helpful bacteria initiate production of an artery-hardening compound, mouse experiments suggest.
- Health & Medicine
Fish oil may fight breast cancer
Other popular dietary supplements fail to show protection, a large study shows.
- Science & Society
Youthful ingenuity honored at Intel ISEF
Young scientists receive awards for insights applicable to cancer treatment, homeland security, water supplies and more.
- Life
Genes & Cells
Genes for butterfly wings and maintaining maleness, plus turtles meet their lizard relatives and more in this week’s news.
- Life
Ocean acidification may make fish foolhardy
Rising carbon dioxide alters fish larvae’s sense of smell, which they use to avoid predators and find their way home.
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- Psychology
Visions For All
People who report vivid religious experiences may hold clues to nonpsychotic hallucinations.
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Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea by Kennedy Warne
For anyone wondering just what the heck “rainforests of the sea” might be, they’re the world’s largely unsung, highly imperiled, biologically fabulous coastal forests of mangroves. And it’s a telling point that the word mangroves does not appear on the cover of a book devoted to their marvels and troubles. LET THEM EAT SHRIMP: THE […]
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- Plants
From a mismatch in growth, a flower blooms
Scientists reveal the forces at work in the blossoming of a lily.
