Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Agriculture
News from Experimental Biology
Senior editor Janet Raloff blogs from the 2009 meeting gathering dozens of societies together in New Orleans
- Health & Medicine
Childhood leukemia worsened by genetic mutations
Mutations in JAK genes make childhood leukemia more dangerous and may offer a target for drug manufacturers.
- Life
New neurons don’t heal
New neurons produced in the brain after a stroke don’t grow into all the cell types needed to heal the wound.
- Health & Medicine
Coming: Ersatz calorie restriction
Avocados may hold a key to longer, better health.
- Humans
Apple a day may keep cardiologists away
Nutrition scientists think apples might replace some drugs as a way of limiting heart disease.
- Health & Medicine
Gene could matter in bladder cancer
Among people with a common form of bladder cancer, those with a variant of a certain gene survive twice as long as people with the common version of the gene.
- Humans
Rapid emotional swings could precede violence
A tool from physics helps link the patterns of psychiatric patients’ symptoms and the likelihood they will commit violent acts.
- Health & Medicine
To limit sweet indulgences, chew, chew, chew
A new study suggests chewing gum might serve as a potential diet aid.
- Health & Medicine
Counterintuitive nutrition findings
Sometimes data don't confirm what we expected.
- Health & Medicine
A urine test may predict lung cancer risk
A urine test that reveals levels of two tobacco-related compounds may identify which smokers are most prone to developing lung cancer, a new study finds.
- Climate
EPA says greenhouse gases ‘endanger’ health
Featured blog: New ruling is a likely first step toward federal moves to cut tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide and more.
- Humans
Naps may help infants form abstract memories
Napping critically assists 15-month-olds in remembering the underlying structure of the language adults speak to them, a new study indicates.
