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HumansForbidden tests: Panel seeks ban on human clones
A national advisory panel has asked Congress to forbid cloning aimed at creating a child but urged the lawmakers to permit other medical experiments with cloned human cells.
By Nathan Seppa -
EarthHard rock jellies: Throng of rare fossils found in Midwest quarry
A Wisconsin sandstone quarry recently served up a rare scientific find nearly a half billion years in the making: fossils of an armada of jellyfish that stud the site’s stone slabs.
By Sid Perkins -
Disorder Decline: U.S. mental ills take controversial dip
Far fewer people suffer from mental disorders requiring treatment than was initially indicated by two national surveys.
By Bruce Bower -
Good Grief: Bereaved adjust well without airing emotion
Among bereaved spouses tracked for up to 2 years after their partners' death, those who often talked with others and briefly wrote in diaries about their emotions fared no better than their tight-lipped, unexpressive counterparts.
By Bruce Bower -
Health & MedicineStem Cell Success: Mice fuel debate on embryo cloning
In mouse studies, scientists have used a technique called therapeutic cloning to create personalized replacement tissue.
By John Travis -
ComputingFinding networks within networks
A new mathematical procedure, or algorithm, picks out those members within a larger network—for instance, related sites on the World Wide Web—that have especially close ties.
By Peter Weiss -
Health & MedicineVanquishing a Virus: New drugs attack herpes infections
Scientists have identified a new class of compounds that stop herpes simplex virus from replicating.
By John Travis -
Anthrax genomes compared for terrorism clues
Investigators seeking clues to last fall's anthrax attack have analyzed the genome of the anthrax bacterium.
By John Travis -
AnimalsGator Feelings: Tough faces, more sensitive than ours
Alligator and crocodile faces carry pressure receptors so responsive that they can detect ripples on the water's surface from a single falling drop.
By Susan Milius -
Health & MedicineDieting woes tied to hunger hormone
A rise in the appetite-enhancing hormone ghrelin after weight loss may explain why dieters regain pounds.
By John Travis -
Health & MedicineTransplant Triumph: Cloned cow kidneys thrive for months
Cow kidneys and other tissue made by cloning ward off immune rejection after transplantation into cows.
By John Travis -
The Eyes Have It: Newborns prefer faces with a direct gaze
Only a few days after birth, babies already home in on faces that fix them with a direct gaze and devote less attention to faces with eyes that look to one side.
By Bruce Bower