Humans
- Health & Medicine
The Power of D
Sunshine vitamin’s potential health benefits stir up, split scientists.
By Nathan Seppa -
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
The right speed for a caress, plus the punny brain, rocking babies and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Psychology
Sleeping babies learn in an eyeblink
To learn about spoken words and other sounds, 1-month-old babies sleep on it.
By Bruce Bower - Humans
AAAS board defends climate scientists
“AAAS vigorously opposes attacks on researchers that question their personal and professional integrity or threaten their safety based on displeasure with their scientific conclusions.” This declaration was contained in a 400-word denunciation of attacks on climate scientists and the politicization of climate science that was issued June 29 by the organization's board of directors.
By Janet Raloff - Life
Alzheimer’s plaques due to purging flaw
A gene controls the clearance of a protein that accumulates in the brains of people with the condition.
- Humans
Humans
Practice alone doesn’t make perfect, plus healing from genocide and a baby’s-eye view of failure in this week’s news.
By Science News - Earth
BPA makes male mice less macho
Studies show that exposures in the womb or during adolescence can erase masculine habits or reverse sexes' behavior.
By Janet Raloff - Health & Medicine
Bright minds tackle global health
Nobel laureates, young scientists meet in Germany to exchange ideas for fighting disease.
- Humans
Bone may display oldest art in Americas
A mammoth engraved on a fossil may date from at least 13,000 year ago.
By Bruce Bower - Health & Medicine
Snakebite treatment buys time
An ointment that slows the transport of venom from the bite site to the vital organs could keep victims alive long enough to reach medical care.
By Nadia Drake - Psychology
Math disability tied to bad number sense
Children who don’t grasp arithmetic at all, unlike below-average students, have little feel for estimating quantities.
By Bruce Bower