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Health & MedicineAddiction Alleviator? Hallucinogen’s popularity grows
The unsanctioned use of an obscure hallucinogen, ibogaine, to treat addiction has exploded recently.
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Health & MedicineNew Task: Malaria drug might inhibit some cancers
The antimalarial drug chloroquine may prevent some cancers.
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HumansLetters from the January 5, 2008, issue of Science News
Missing link “Antibiotics in infancy tied to asthma” (SN: 7/7/07, p. 14) reported a correlation but no confident explanation for the relationship between receiving antibiotics and later developing asthma. “Ulcer bug may prevent asthma” (SN: 10/27/07, p. 270), which reports that children with Helicobacter pylori in their stomachs are less likely to get asthma, seems […]
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HumansScience News wins independent press award
The Editors of the Utne Reader have named Science News magazine a 2007 winner in its science and technology category.
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HumansScience Service Becomes Society for Science & the Public
Science Service, founded in 1921 to provide better information to the public about scientific discoveries, is changing its name to Society for Science & the Public, reflecting a renewed mission to advance public engagement in science.
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HumansAn earlier thaw can trim winter logging
In New Hampshire, the trend toward earlier spring thaws has significantly lowered logging revenues.
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Health & MedicineKeeping metabolic syndrome at bay
Chromium supplements reduced some of the unhealthy effects of a sedentary lifestyle in rats.
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Health & MedicineA Different Side of Estrogen
Understanding estrogen's function is complicated by the fact that it can bind to two distinct receptors; scientists studying the second receptor now think that drugs targeting it could help a wide variety of ailments.
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HumansFrom the December 18 & 25, 1937, issues
The infinite variety of snowflakes, making Java Man human, dinosaurs on the battlefield, Santa Claus in stone, filling empty space, and science progress in 1937.
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HumansWeb Special: Science News Wins Award for Sci-Tech Coverage
Each week, Science News distills "the latest trends and findings in the ever-expanding world of science into must-know information," according to the editors of the Utne Reader, which named Science News magazine winner of its 2007 Independent Press Award in the science and technology category.
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HumansWeb Special: Science News Wins Award for Sci-Tech Coverage
Each week, Science News distills "the latest trends and findings in the ever-expanding world of science into must-know information," according to the editors of the Utne Reader, which named Science News magazine winner of its 2007 Independent Press Awards in the science and technology category.
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HumansScience News of the Year 2007
A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the past year.
By Science News