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- Health & Medicine
Experimental drugs and vaccines poised to take on Ebola
The use of experimental drugs and vaccines against Ebola may turn the tide against an outbreak in Africa that has defied efforts to control it.
- Life
Fossils point to ancient ape-monkey split
Apes and monkeys split from a common ancestor more than 25 million years ago, fossil finds suggest.
- Animals
Eight ways that animals survive the winter
Migrating to a warmer place is just the start when it comes to finding ways to stay toasty as temperatures drop.
- Psychology
Balancing the excitation and inhibition tightrope in depression
A new study looks at how a balance of positive and negative inputs in the lateral habenula might relate to disappointment and depression.
- Math
National Museum of Mathematics is antidote to math phobia
New York's National Museum of Mathematics offers a physical, tactile, even rambunctious presentation of math.
- Science & Society
Is NIH policy the best way to sex equality in studies?
A new NIH policy will require females to be studied alongside males in preclinical studies. The mandate comes with both opportunities and challenges, and little funding.
- Health & Medicine
Study on pregnant women’s driving has some potholes
New study finds that pregnancy makes women get into more car accidents, but there could be a simpler explanation.
- Health & Medicine
MERS outbreak picks up pace in Middle East
As the number of MERS cases increases, researchers race to learn more about the deadly virus carried by camels.
- Genetics
Year in Review: Caffeine triggers cloning advance
To successfully clone human cells, eggs must be dunked in the stimulant.
- Genetics
Finally, some solid science on Bigfoot
DNA analysis finds no Bigfoot, no yeti, two weird bears and one scientist on a quest for the truth.
- Health & Medicine
Space-mapping neurons found in human brain
Grid cells may orient people in Euclidean space.
- Animals
A gory 12 days of Christmas
Insects and spiders are among the biggest gift-givers, often as part of mating, and anything from cyanide to a wad of saliva can be a present.
