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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Health & MedicineDrug prevents some breast cancers
A hormone-blocking compound can waylay some malignancies in healthy women who are deemed at risk.
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HumansSite hints at Asian roots for human genus
An early Homo species inhabited the Caucasus region 1.85 million years ago, casting doubt on its proposed African origin.
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Lewis and Clark’s gale encounter, nixing college lectures, divorce’s toll on kids and more in this week’s news
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TechInformation flow can reveal dirty deeds
An analysis of Enron e-mails reveals that corrupt networks have a distinctive shape.
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Health & MedicineA year adds up to big changes in brain
Third grade brings big shifts in how kids use their heads to solve math problems.
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HumansAssociation for Psychological Science meeting
News includes likeable look-alikes, seeing clearer through meditation and bouncing back from bad events.
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Health & MedicineBody & Brain
No link between viral suspect and chronic fatigue, plus reading minds, colored glasses for migraines and more in this week’s news.
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HumansNational Academies Press offers free downloads
On June 2, the National Academies Press opened up its library to all of us. It now permits free downloads of PDFs for all of its volumes by anyone willing to free up the gigabytes on his or her hard drive.
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HumansAncestral gals roamed, guys stayed home
Females in two ancient hominid species may have left their home groups to find mates.
By Bruce Bower