Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Humans
Should health care workers be required to get flu vaccinations?
Mandatory policies increase participation at some hospitals, but are still disputed by unions and some staffers.
- Humans
GNP’s glaciers: Going, going . . .
Climate warming will eliminate them within a generation, data indicate.
- Chemistry
Breathe better with bitter
Taste receptors in the lungs open airways in response to acrid gases.
- Health & Medicine
Pet frogs can transmit salmonella
A CDC investigation adds a common aquarium species to the list of amphibians that can carry and spread bacteria.
- Psychology
Lies, damned lies and psychology experiments
Researchers may deceive themselves when they mislead study participants.
- Health & Medicine
Anticancer protein might combat HIV
The tumor suppressor p21 shows up in abundance in some people who are impervious to developing AIDS despite being infected, a study shows.
- Math
Marathoning made easy
Or at least endurable, by calculating and then keeping to a physiologically sustainable pace.
- Psychology
Kids learn late to tackle data overload
An information-thrifty tactic used by adults for making accurate judgments takes hold during the tween years.
- Health & Medicine
Protein implicated in many cancers
A hormone receptor that shows up in 11 tumor types might make a good target for drugs, a new study suggests.
- Life
Gene therapy for depression
Researchers were able to reduce pathological behaviors in mice by delivering genetic material to a particular brain region.
- Humans
How testing improves memory
By creating associations, quizzes improve recall much more effectively than just reviewing notes.
- Psychology
Getting to not know you
Knowledge of a romantic partner’s likes and dislikes declines over decades, a study finds.
