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- Psychology
Recovering memories that never left
New research suggests that some people who recover memories of childhood sexual abuse are prone to false recall, while others are likely to have forgotten earlier recollections of actual abuse.
- Life
Fat cells also linked to prion infection
Disease-causing misfolded proteins at home in a growing list of tissues, organs.
- Space
Martian stairs suggest predictable ancient climate
Tilt in Mars' axis could have created stair-stepped rock formations long ago.
- Humans
Help NAS and Yourself
A science-backgrounder series for the public is coming, and you can help choose the topics.
- Humans
Science Reporting Fallout
Newspaper cutbacks are being linked to diminished science reporting.
- Life
Spanish Inquisition couldn’t quash Moorish, Jewish genes
Finding suggests modern history, not just prehistory, can leave a strong mark on a region’s genetic signature.
- Life
Funny smell may have split bee species
Among male bees that create their own perfume, a change in the sense of smell might mean a split in species.
- Health & Medicine
Men line up for circumcision in Africa
But demand for the operation, shown to guard against HIV and other infections, exceeds availability.
- Humans
CNN downsizes science team
The move and timing for greatly restructuring science-and-environment coverage at the nation's all-news cable giant are perplexing.
- Humans
Real News: An Endangered Species
Forget Black Monday. What will happen now that it's beome a Black Year for news reporters at papers and other conventional media?
- Health & Medicine
Fine-scale structure of egg crucial for fertility
Scientists describe the shape of a protein required for conception. These new molecular details will lead to an improved understanding of how sperm and egg unite.
- Earth
Methane even escapes from freezing permafrost
An extended field season reveals that the autumn freeze in the arctic squeezes methane from some high-latitude wetland soils, a match even for summertime methane release.
