News
- Health & Medicine
Headers linked to memory deficit in soccer players
Abnormalities in three brain regions found among those who head the ball most frequently.
By Nathan Seppa - Science & Society
Chimps in captivity may soon join endangered species list
Proposal would extend protections to both wild and captive primate populations.
By Meghan Rosen - Tech
Faster memory could accelerate computing
Experimental microchip improves reliability and speed of writing and reading data.
By Andrew Grant - Animals
Now-extinct wolf may be ancestor of modern-day dogs
No strong signs of canine ancestry among living grey wolves.
- Tech
Camera captures voices without a microphone
Throat movements get decoded to reveal sounds of speech.
By Meghan Rosen - Neuroscience
Research prods brain wiring underlying compulsive behavior
Complementary studies, focusing on repetitive grooming in mice, offer potential for new treatment strategies in humans.
- Health & Medicine
Talk therapy helps Congolese victims of sexual violence recover
Groups sessions using a cognitive processing approach work better than individual support counseling, a study finds.
By Nathan Seppa - Quantum Physics
Light breaks up to cloak gaps in time
Method could hide messages without sender’s knowledge.
By Andrew Grant - Paleontology
Fossil sheds light on early primates
Partial skeleton near root of monkey, ape and human line.
By Bruce Bower - Animals
Dead, live guppies vie for paternity
Females can use sperm months after mates go belly up.
By Susan Milius - Health & Medicine
Flu spreads via airborne droplets
Hand washing goes only so far in retarding flu transmission.
- Humans
Dietary changes accompanied human evolution
Hominids moved toward eating grasses and away from tree leaves, according to chemical analyses of fossil tooth enamel.