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From the July 15, 1933, issue

LIVELY YOUNG MARMOSETS SURVIVE IN CAPTIVITY Two lively, chattering young marmosets are growing up in San Francisco without the slightest notion of what “rare specimens” they are. They have a very great distinction of surviving birth in captivity. Naturalists say that this type of New World monkey is often born in captivity but usually the […]

Health & Medicine

DNA Differences Add Risk: Altered genes show up in Lou Gehrig’s disease

People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are more likely than healthy people to have certain variations in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene, suggesting variant VEGF contributes to the disease.

Health & Medicine

Cholesterol Medicine for Eggs?

Five years ago, a small natural-products company made waves when it marketed Cholestin, a cholesterol-lowering herbal product. The capsules contained a material made from rice fermented by a certain type of yeast. Though new to U.S. consumers, this dried version of so-called red-yeast rice has for centuries been a Chinese food coloring and herbal remedy […]

Humans

From the July 8, 1933, issue

THE NYMPHS’ FLOWER Serene, cool, immaculate, the water lily floats beneath the summer sun, where the big flat drops of water shine like silver coins on the round, flat leaves. The water lily has been the delight of poets of all ages and peoples. Of moralists, too, who like to reflect that all that superb […]

Humans

Udder Beauty

Sophisticated screening of livestock championship winners may become as common as urine tests of Olympic athletes.

Health & Medicine

Epilepsy drug eases diabetes woes

The epilepsy drug topiramate relieves pain, seems to initiate nerve repair, aids weight loss, and may have other benefits for persons with diabetes.

Health & Medicine

Strict regimen pays off years later

Diabetes patients who adhered to a strict program of blood sugar control over nearly 7 years starting in the 1980s are still showing heart benefits.

Humans

Tobacco treaty penned

Just one day after the World Health Organization drafted a tobacco-control treaty, more than 28 nations signed on.

Anthropology

The Ultimate Colonists

Human ancestors managed to adjust to life in a variety of ecosystems during the Stone Age, indicating that their social lives were more complex than they've often been given credit for.

Health & Medicine

Lethal Emergence: Tracing the rise of dengue fever in the Americas

Using the genetics of viruses, scientists have tracked a virulent form of dengue virus in Latin America back to its roots in India.

Health & Medicine

Soy Greens—The Coming Health Food?

Soybeans have gained renown for offering a host of health benefits. Not only do diets rich in products made from this legume appear to protect against heart disease and some cancers, but they also help to preserve bones in aging bodies. Yum? Diets augmented with leaves of the soybean plant might help diners control their […]

Humans

From the July 1, 1933, issue

SEVEN MUMMIES FROM TEXAS CAVE BROUGHT TO SMITHSONIAN Seven mummies preserved apparently by natural dryness of the Texas cave where they were buried, have just been received by the Smithsonian institution. The mummies shed new light on the prehistoric cave dwellers of the Big Bend region of Texas whose cave shelters have been explored in […]