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Health & Medicine

Vitamin D doesn’t disappoint

Vitamin D seems to be living up to high expectations

Health & Medicine

Ovarian cancer drug candidate passes early clinical test

An experimental medicine that uses a seek-and-destroy design to kill tumor cells may help some patients who face a recurrence.

Humans

Penis size does matter

Women tend to consider men with lengthier members more visually attractive.

Climate

Rising carbon dioxide means more air turbulence

More jarring flights are likely, simulation suggests.

Humans

Reports of junk DNA’s ‘demise’ were based on junky logic and dubious definitions

Science is an oddly successful enterprise. On the whole, it provides an impressive guide to reality. From antibiotics and atomic bombs to laser beams and X-rays, science enables humans to forge powerful tools from nature’s secrets. Yet many aspects of science are deeply flawed, from the politicization of research funding to widespread misuse of math […]

Life

Molecule in meat may increase heart disease risk

Gut bacteria transform compound into artery hardener.

Chemistry

Network of cell mimics comes to life

3-D printed material resembles body tissue in form and perhaps function.

Earth

Isolated coral reefs can regrow after bleaching

Having neighboring coral reefs is unnecessary for recovery.

Health & Medicine

Dream contents deciphered by computer

Similar brain patterns emerge when seeing an object and conjuring it during sleep.

Psychology

Light found in cocaine addiction tunnel

Using lasers, scientists target a sluggish set of neurons in rats to ease drug compulsion.