Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
X-Ray Kin: Radiation risk is hereditary
Susceptibility to radiation-induced tumors runs in families.
- Health & Medicine
Slimming on oolong
Rats absorb less dietary fat and gain less weight when their diets contain lots of oolong tea.
- Health & Medicine
Embryos, please
Almost half of Spanish couples who were asked recently to donate excess embryos for stem cell research did so.
- Health & Medicine
Therapeutic sorghum?
Sorghum's inflammation-fighting activity is comparable to that of a prescription arthritis medicine, animal research indicates.
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Letters from the May 19, 2007, issue of Science News
Merry go round When considering a spin rate of 1,122 revolutions per second, has anyone determined the diameter of the neutron star XTE J1739-285 (“Dance of the dead,” SN: 3/17/07, p. 173)? If, for example, it were the same diameter as Earth, it would be traveling far in excess of the speed of light at […]
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Childhood Vitamin D—A Dark Side?
Vitamin D may explain a child's summertime boost in lead absorption, new data indicate.
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From the May 8, 1937, issue
Finishing a telescope, finding new matter, and launching rockets.
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Extreme Encyclopedia: Every living thing will get its own page
A consortium of museums and laboratories has unveiled plans to create a free, Web-based Encyclopedia of Life with an entry for every living species.
- Health & Medicine
Risk Factor: Throat cancer linked to virus spread by sex
Cancer of the throat and tonsils can arise from infection with a sexually transmitted virus.
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Lethal injection is inhumane, say researchers
Prisoners killed by lethal injection may be conscious and experience pain and burning sensations while they asphyxiate.
- Health & Medicine
A smart pill for seniors?
A dietary supplement combo boosts older adults' performance on simple mental tests.
- Health & Medicine
This trick boosts cancer’s spread
A compound that helps keep cells organized and stitched into tissues may play a role in the survival of cancer cells that have seeded distant tissues in the body.
