Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Like a prion, Alzheimer’s protein seeds itself in the brain
Injecting amyloid-beta into mice may induce misfolding of native amyloid-beta molecules, leading to the buildup associated with the neuron-killing disease.
- Tech
The descent of music
Using an evolutionary process, researchers create pleasing tunes out of grating noise.
- Humans
Color this chimp amazing
An extra layer of sensory perception called synesthesia might help ape make a monkey of humans on memory tests.
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- Health & Medicine
Internal Time
Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired by Till Roenneberg.
- Health & Medicine
Why Calories Count
From Science to Politics (California Studies in Food and Culture) by Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim.
- Health & Medicine
Experiment Eleven
Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug by Peter Pringle
- Neuroscience
Hurt Blocker
The next big pain drug may soothe sensory firestorms without side effects.
- Humans
European cave art gets older
Ancient illustrations in northern Spain date to more than 40,000 years ago.
- Health & Medicine
Diet sodas may confuse brain’s ‘calorie counter’
Among regular consumers of sugar-free soft drinks, networks that equate sweet flavors with energy intake may grow numb to the real stuff.
