Humans

  1. Health & Medicine

    Weekend warriors put up a fight against death

    Weekend warriors shove all their weekly activity into just one or two days, and it’s still enough to reduce mortality risk.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  2. 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
  3. Health & Medicine

    Little jet-setters get jet lag too

    Help young children fight jet lag with a few simple steps.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Animals

    ‘Cannibalism’ chronicles grisly science of eating your own

    In "Cannibalism", a zoologist explores a grisly topic that scientists have only recently begun to study seriously.

    By Sid Perkins
  5. Anthropology

    DNA points to millennia of stability in East Asian hunter-fisher population

    Ancient hunter-gatherers in East Asia are remarkably similar, genetically, to modern people living in the area. Unlike what happened in Western Europe, this region might not have seen waves of farmers take over.

    By Meghan Rosen
  6. Archaeology

    Cow carved in stone paints picture of Europe’s early human culture

    Stone Age engraving helps to illuminate European travels of an ancient human culture.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Archaeology

    Iron Age secrets exhumed from riches-filled crypt

    Wealthy woman’s 2,600-year-old grave highlights Central Europe’s early Iron Age links to Mediterranean societies.

    By Bruce Bower
  8. Health & Medicine

    E-cigarette smoking linked to heart disease risk

    Two indicators of heart disease risk were elevated for users of e-cigarettes in small-scale study.

    By Elizabeth Eaton
  9. Life

    Map of Zika virus reveals how it shifts as it matures

    A cryo-electron microscopy map of immature Zika virus offers a never-before-seen glimpse of remodeling of the virus’s protein and RNA core.

    By Meghan Rosen
  10. Health & Medicine

    Rogue antibody linked to severe second dengue infections

    Alternate antibody may indicate whether someone is susceptible to severe dengue disease.

    By Elizabeth Eaton
  11. Life

    Why salmonella doesn’t want you to poop out

    Salmonella bacteria fight infection-driven losses in appetite to keep hosts just healthy enough for transmission.

    By Helen Thompson
  12. Anthropology

    Snooze patterns vary across cultures, opening eyes to evolution of sleep

    Sleep plays out differently across cultures, but a consistent cycle of z’s and activity appears crucial.

    By Bruce Bower