Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Beta-blockers erase emotion of fearful memories
Beta blockers could change the way emotional memories are stored, a finding which could help people suffering from anxiety disorders
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- Humans
Coupons help evaluate game of Go
Variant version of ancient board game Go allows researchers to see how players value their moves, possibly providing clues to the math behind complex games like chess.
- Humans
AAAS: March of the Hungry Penguins
Patagonian penguins have become sentinels of climate change and human impacts on the marine world.
- Humans
AAAS: Darwin is the 1000th Steve
The amusing list of living scientists supporting evolution was topped, this evening, by a man named Darwin.
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- Agriculture
AAAS: Stress Can Make Plants More Nutritious
People who aren't veggie lovers might want to seek out types of produce that deliver an especially big nutrient bang for the gram.
- Humans
Nation needs recovery plan for science faculty jobs
Over the past few months, many graduate students and postdocs have been receiving letters from department chairs apologetically explaining that the faculty job search at Institution X has been canceled. State and private universities are facing declining tax revenues and falling endowments, and are unwilling to raise tuition on newly impoverished families. From Harvard to […]
- Chemistry
Supergoo Erases ‘Monument-al’ Nuclear Fallout
From disposable diapers comes a technology that can be used to extract radionuclides off of the porous surfaces of buildings.
- Science & Society
Kids’ gestures foretell better vocabularies
Toddlers who gesture more at age 14 months possess larger vocabularies when entering school, new research finds.
- Humans
Bloggers Need News Too
News media are ailing, and even bloggers realize that's a big problem.
- Humans
First rough draft of Neandertal genome released
A rough draft of the Neandertal genome is complete, scientists announced on Darwin’s 200th birthday.
