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- Life
Genes & Cells
Lung infections, stress effects in the womb and the genetics of stomach cancer in this week’s news.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Chilled newborns, statin drugs for stroke, effects of mom’s stress and more in this week’s news.
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On the trail of cell navigation
A computerized amoeba might help show the way.
- Space
New hints of saltwater on Mars
Seasonal patterns consistent with briny seeps on the Red Planet, a new study concludes.
- Life
How exercise benefits nerve cells
Activity stimulates production of a neural insulation that moves messages faster.
- Health & Medicine
Urine test may improve prostate screening
Levels of two biomarkers might clarify whether a man with an iffy PSA score needs to get a biopsy, a study finds.
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- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Trojan asteroids, black hole interactions and a gargantuan watering hole in this week’s news.
- Materials Science
Now, an invisibility cloak you can see
Physicists have developed a device that can hide objects in visible wavelengths.
- Life
A cougar in Connecticut
Using DNA and trailside cameras, wildlife biologists retrace the 18-month, 2,000-mile journey of a young male cat.
- Life
Wasp has built-in Facebook
An insect species with a tricky social life has a special facility for telling one bug's mug from another.
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In ancient Southwest droughts, a warning of dry times to come
Anything but lush, the U.S. Southwest has been especially parched lately. About a decade ago a cycle of droughts began; the latest one has dried much of the region to a degree that meteorologists expect only twice a century. But look back a millennium or more, and you’ll find signs that today’s conditions are not […]
