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- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Leukemia gene therapy, the brain tickle of beautiful voices and more in this week's news.
- Health & Medicine
Blacks far less likely than whites to land NIH grants
Among minority scientists applying for National Institutes of Health research grants, blacks alone face a substantially lower likelihood of being successful than whites, a new study finds. This investigation, which was prompted by the research agency itself, will catalyze further probes and a host of changes, promises NIH director Francis Collins.
- Health & Medicine
Lost in the periphery
The human visual system discards information along the edges, a new study shows.
- Physics
Antineutrino counters
In China, new neutrino detectors may help shed light on matter-antimatter imbalance in universe.
- Humans
Ancient Saharan head cases
Skulls from a North African civilization provide glimpses of what may be early cranial surgery.
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- Life
Early stress is contagious in adulthood
A zebra finch’s tough childhood shortens both its life and its mate’s.
- Health & Medicine
Cigarettes cause half of bladder cancers in women
People who smoke are four times as likely to develop the malignancy as people who never smoked, a study finds.
- Earth
Stature’s heightened risk of cancer
My daughter is always shopping for 4-inch heels or other elevating footwear to make her appear taller. But a new study suggests that diminutive stature has at least one major perk: a lower risk of cancer.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Glimmers of dark matter in the Milky Way, galaxies giving birth and more in this week’s news.
- Humans
Financial world dominated by a few deep pockets
Analysis suggests a small number of firms control a big share of global wealth.
- Tech
Growing need for space trash collectors
On April 2, for the fifth time in less than three years, the International Space Station fired its engines to dodge a piece of orbital debris that appeared on a collision path. Other spacecraft also regularly scoot out of the way of rocket and satellite debris. Such evasive action will be needed increasingly frequently, a new study finds.
