News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Berry promising anticancer prospects

    Cranberry products can retard the growth and spread of breast cancer in rodents.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    A different GI link to colon cancers

    Diets rich in sweets and other quickly digested carbohydrates appear to increase an individual's risk of developing colon cancer.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Math

    Spinning to a rolling stop

    Air viscosity makes the rolling speed of a spinning, tipping coin go up as its energy goes down until the coin suddenly stops.

    By Ivars Peterson
  4. Math

    Traffic woes of the single driver

    At moderate traffic volumes, a single car moving at randomly fluctuating speeds can cause traffic jams in its wake.