News
- Psychology
Video games take aim at dyslexia
Playing action video games gives a literacy boost to dyslexic children who read poorly, a disputed study suggests.
- Tech
Rats do tasks while connected brain-to-brain
Signals transmitted from one animal to another seem to share information, but usefulness of findings questioned.
- Neuroscience
Tadpoles with eyes in their tails see the light
Transplanted eyes in the creature’s tail can distinguish between red and blue.
- Life
Scientists race to understand deadly new virus
Emerging virus causes severe illness, but doesn’t spread as quickly as SARS.
- Health & Medicine
Therapy for milk allergy offers hope, and caution
A large study shows that gradual introduction of milk can benefit patients, but data from earlier, smaller studies suggest the protection can wane years after treatment.
- Animals
How weaver ants get a grip
Strong sticking power and quick reaction time help the insects stay put in trees.
- Humans
News In Brief: Lipstick smudges reveal their identity
Raman spectroscopy allows forensics researchers to distinguish among dozens of lipsticks.
- Health & Medicine
Mouse brain cells live long and prosper
Mouse neurons live twice as long as usual when transplanted into rat brain, suggesting that brain deterioration may not necessarily accompany long life.
- Health & Medicine
Tracing pollution links to asthma, allergy
Excessive exposure to air high in diesel exhaust and wood smoke is tied to disabled immune-regulating cells in children.
- Earth
Moderate climate warming could melt permafrost
Ancient cave formations in Siberia reveal effects of warmer past on frozen ground.
- Life
Insulin levels wax and wane daily
Modern life may clash with the hormone’s natural cycle, new mouse research suggests.
- Space
New home for runaway black hole
Galactic merger and ejection may have sent a cosmic wanderer through deep space.
