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5,114 results for: seek

  1. Health & Medicine

    Even short-term opioid use can set people up for addiction risks

    A study of opioid prescriptions for sprained ankles finds that patients prescribed 30 or more pills are more likely to seek refills.

    By Laura Beil
  2. Health & Medicine

    Some topics call for science reporting from many angles

    There’s heartbreak in this issue. Science News investigates different facets of the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States.

    By Elizabeth Quill

  3. April 29, 2017

    In the April 29 SN: Proton puzzles, venomous swimmers, seeking early signs of autism, maximum entanglement, cephalopod intelligence insights, glass frog mothering techniques, Einstein on TV, touchy tyrannosaurs, seeing cells in 3-D and more. 

    By Science News
  4. Health & Medicine

    Readers concerned about cancer’s sugary disguise

    Tricky cancer cells, brain-shaping smartphones, a cow-burying badger and more in reader feedback.

    By Science News Staff
  5. Humans

    Scientists seek early signs of autism

    The search for autism biomarkers, in the blood and the brain, is heating up.

    By Laura Sanders
  6. Health & Medicine

    The opioid epidemic spurs a search for new, safer painkillers

    Today’s opioids stop pain — but they’re also dangerous. Scientists are hunting for replacements.

    By Laurel Hamers
  7. Health & Medicine

    Engineered immune cells boost leukemia survival for some

    Engineered immune cells can extend life for some leukemia patients.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Neuroscience

    Smartphones may be changing the way we think

    We rely on our digital devices to connect with others and for memory and navigation shortcuts. What is that doing to our brains?

    By Laura Sanders
  9. Science & Society

    Science’s questions rarely have clear, easy answers

    Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses science's complexities.

    By Elizabeth Quill
  10. Physics

    Physicists seek neutron lifetime’s secret

    Updated experiments hope to resolve neutron lifetime discrepancy.

    By Emily Conover
  11. Psychology

    Long-lasting mental health isn’t normal

    Those who stay mentally healthy from childhood to middle age are exceptions to the rule.

    By Bruce Bower
  12. Life

    Here’s how earwax might clean ears

    Science seeks inspiration in earwax for dreams of self-cleaning machinery.

    By Susan Milius