Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Psychology
Reading high-brow literature may aid in reading minds
Think of it as the bookworm’s bonus: People who read first-rate fiction become more socially literate, at least briefly, a new study suggests.
- Health & Medicine
Altered wine chemical helps kill cancer
Molecule brings its parent, resveratrol, into cells.
- Anthropology
Ancient farming populations went boom, then bust
Agriculture’s introduction led to big falls as well as rises in numbers of Europeans.
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- Neuroscience
An on-off switch for eating
By triggering or silencing certain brain cells, scientists can get mice to feed or stop feeding regardless of hunger.
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- Psychology
Mental rotation gears up by age 5 for both boys and girls
Kid-friendly test suggests that the ability to visualize objects from different angles starts early.
- Health & Medicine
Dextrose rub helps newborns with low blood sugar
Massaging the sugary gel into babies’ mouths may lessen the need for intravenous infusions of glucose, a study shows.
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