Life

  1. Life

    Lab-grown hair offers early hope

    Specific growth conditions could be the key to treating receding hairlines and bald spots, a new study suggests.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Seek Meningitis Vaccine

    Excerpt from the November 9, 1963, issue of SCIENCE NEWS LETTER.

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  3. Animals

    The colorful lives of squid

    Your calamari, it turns out, may have come from a temporary transvestite with rainbows in its armpits.

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  4. Genetics

    Family takes on progeria in ‘Life According to Sam’

    A new documentary portrays an extraordinary search for a cure spurred by a teen with the premature aging disease.

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  5. Animals

    Mama bird tells babies to shut up, danger is near

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  6. Neuroscience

    3-D effects may require one eye only

    Peering through a peephole can bring flat images to life.

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  7. Plants

    Just a few tree species dominate Amazon forest

    The Amazonian rainforest, known to be one of the most species-rich areas on the planet, is actually dominated by a only few tree species.

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  8. Animals

    Amphibian killer forces immune-cell suicides

    Fungal menace to frogs and their kin shuts down key parts of the animals’ defenses.

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  9. Neuroscience

    Sleep allows brain to wash out junk

    Discovery of fluids flowing in mice while they slumber could lead to better treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

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  10. Animals

    Eliminating prairie dogs can lead to desertification

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  11. Neuroscience

    NFL players’ brains take a hit

    Brain scans reveal hidden abnormalities in retired football pros.

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  12. Animals

    Young chimps catch human yawns

    Juvenile chimps yawn contagiously when they see humans do it, a response that could signal the animals are developing empathy.

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