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- Health & Medicine
Mouse brain cells live long and prosper
Mouse neurons live twice as long as usual when transplanted into rat brain, suggesting that brain deterioration may not necessarily accompany long life.
- Earth
Nutrients matter in tropical forests
Soil nutrients and rainfall predict tree species range in Panama’s tropical forests.
- Health & Medicine
Tracing pollution links to asthma, allergy
Excessive exposure to air high in diesel exhaust and wood smoke is tied to disabled immune-regulating cells in children.
- Earth
Moderate climate warming could melt permafrost
Ancient cave formations in Siberia reveal effects of warmer past on frozen ground.
- Life
Insulin levels wax and wane daily
Modern life may clash with the hormone’s natural cycle, new mouse research suggests.
- Space
New home for runaway black hole
Galactic merger and ejection may have sent a cosmic wanderer through deep space.
- Earth
Intensive care linked to BPA exposure in newborns
High levels of pollutant BPA occur in sickest babies, study finds.
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New age for ancient man
Science Past from the issue of March 9, 1963.
- Health & Medicine
Novel drug candidates fight flu in mice
The compounds halt even drug-resistant strains of the virus in lab studies
- Life
Bees learn the electric buzz of flowers
Floral electric fields could join color and fragrance as cues to pollinators.
- Life
Chill turns monarchs north
Temperature manipulation appears to solve mystery of what triggers migratory butterflies’ homeward trip.
