Humans
- Psychology
Why every face you draw looks a little Neandertal
Just about everyone draws faces with the eyes too high and a low Neandertal forehead, maybe because of the way we perceive the shape of the head.
- Anthropology
Peruvian glyphs pointed way to ancient celebrations
At least 2,300 years ago, Paracas people in the Chincha Valley of Peru were engineering their landscape to keep time and host ritual and social activities.
- Health & Medicine
U.S. patient with MERS virus is on the mend
A man in Indiana does not seem to have spread the potentially deadly respiratory illness.
- Health & Medicine
Massachusetts insurance mandate lowers death rate
Since “Romneycare” was phased in, mortality fell by 2.9 percent.
- Health & Medicine
Mom’s nutrition puts a stamp on baby’s DNA
A new study is the latest in a growing list of how the environment sculpts a person’s epigenome.
- 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.
- Health & Medicine
First MERS case found in the U.S.
Patient in Indiana had traveled from Arabian Peninsula, where most of the 463 cases of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome have occurred.
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- Archaeology
Written in bone
Researchers are reconstructing the migrations that carried agriculture into Europe by analyzing DNA from the skeletons of early farmers and the people they displaced.
- Psychology
Basketball players richly rewarded for selfishness in playoffs
Future paychecks trip up teamwork in NBA championship tournament.
- Health & Medicine
Musicians have elevated risk of hearing loss
Compared to the general public, professional musicians' risk of hearing loss and ringing in the ears is higher, a new study shows.
- Science & Society
Anti-leukemia vaccine reported hope of future
Fifty years ago, Science News Letter reported on the promise of a vaccine to prevent leukemia. No preventive vaccine has come to pass, but leukemia vaccines as treatments has yielded promising results.
