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- Health & Medicine
Thanks for the pounds, Mom
When inherited from mom, a gene linked to obesity and diabetes interferes with blood sugar metabolism.
- Climate
Polar Bear Fallout
Why fights are likely to break out in the next few months to years between industry, environmental advocates, and the feds as regulations are developed, and litigated, over how to conserve declining numbers of polar bears.
- Health & Medicine
Ineffective alternative
The herbal remedy St. John’s Wort may not treat ADHD, a new study shows
- Climate
Science academies call for climate action
Thirteen national academies of science today called on world leaders to “to limit the threat of climate change.” Read more in the current Science & the Public blog by Janet Raloff.
- Animals
Invasion of the salmon
Chinook salmon, dwindling in the United States, go wild in South America.
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- Health & Medicine
Take a nap
A nap is the most effective way to combat an after-lunch slump, but caffeine will help too.
- Paleontology
Ancient burrows
Triassic-era sediments unearthed in Antarctica reveal the well-preserved lair of a four-legged, mammal-like reptile.
- Paleontology
A mammoth divide
Woolly mammoths roamed Siberia in two distinct clans, and the split between the groups, scientists say, is surprisingly deep, occurring more than 1 million years ago.
- Humans
ARISE and Invest in New Talent
A new report argues strongly for investing more in graduate students and early-career researchers.
- Health & Medicine
Sun up
Men with lower concentrations of vitamin D have higher risk of heart attack.
- Life
Simple body, complex blueprints
Genes key to the development of modern animals' body plans show up in primitive-looking comb jellies.
