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- Health & Medicine
Allergic to cancer
Having an overactive immune system may protect against certain types of brain tumor, a study suggests.
- Humans
Humans
How cell phones exert subtle mind control, plus more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Space
The sun, captured from all the angles
NASA reveals the first 360-degree panorama of the sun, which should enable early detection of potentially damaging solar storms.
By Ron Cowen - Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Billions of particles get entangled, plus more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Earth
Earth/Environment
Licorice may be a natural alternative to antibiotics on hog farms, plus more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Earth
Extinctions breed carbon chaos
Massive die-off left ecosystems vulnerable, an analysis suggests.
- Life
Genes & Cells
Smoking can damage DNA in a flash, plus more in this week's news.
By Science News - Astronomy
Supernova to superfluid
Neutron stars, some of the densest objects in the universe, may be cooled by frictionless liquid sloshing in their cores.
By Devin Powell - Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Obesity rates skyrocket worldwide, plus more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Life
Running a cancer roadblock
A new study shows how cells escaping from a breast tumor overcome a piece of RNA that usually stops them.
- Space
First stars may still shine
Simulations suggest some slow-burning remnants of the early universe may still exist.
By Ron Cowen - Humans
Running past Neandertals
Stone Age humans’ heel bones, more so than those of Neandertals, aided long-distance running.
By Bruce Bower