Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Even if science can’t make life longer, perhaps a pill can make a long life better
To live long and prosper (physically, not financially), you’d probably rather take a pill than starve yourself. So far, though, most of the evidence says very-low-calorie diets are the best strategy for living a longer life. At least if you’re a worm or a fly. It hasn’t been established that less food means a longer […]
- Health & Medicine
DSM-5 enters the diagnostic fray
Fifth edition of the widely used psychiatric manual focuses attention on how mental disorders should be defined.
- Health & Medicine
Balloon Clears Arteries
Excerpt from the June 29, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.
- Archaeology
Ancient Siberians may have rarely hunted mammoths
Occasional kills by Stone Age humans could not have driven creatures to extinction, researchers say.
- Health & Medicine
Headers linked to memory deficit in soccer players
Abnormalities in three brain regions found among those who head the ball most frequently.
- Tech
Computer scientists grapple with how to manage the digital legacy of the departed
In April, Google added to its services an Inactive Account Manager, which lets you designate an heir who will control your Google data when you die. You choose a length of inactivity, and if your accounts are ever quiet for that long, Google will notify your heirs that they’ve inherited access to your Gmail correspondence, […]
- Health & Medicine
Talk therapy helps Congolese victims of sexual violence recover
Groups sessions using a cognitive processing approach work better than individual support counseling, a study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Flu spreads via airborne droplets
Hand washing goes only so far in retarding flu transmission.
- Humans
Dietary changes accompanied human evolution
Hominids moved toward eating grasses and away from tree leaves, according to chemical analyses of fossil tooth enamel.
- Archaeology
Italians taught French wine-making
Archaeology suggests Etruscans brought the grape to Gaul.
- Humans
Couples who meet online have fine marriages
Relationship satisfaction for Internet daters is similar to that of people who find potential partners in more traditional ways.
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