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In the Aug. 19 SN: Bulletins from the tick wars, roots of Rwandan genocide, spin-resistant spiders, making mums blue, tardigrade saga continues, HIV antibodies from cows, Maxwell’s demon aces memory test and more.
Cristy Gelling's Articles
- Reviews & Previews
Humans’ living creations put on display
The Center for PostNatural History, a museum that opened in 2012, features Freckles and other organisms altered by humans. - Reviews & Previews
How We Do It
Many parents have questions about how to raise children “naturally.” When is the natural time to wean a baby? Is early toilet training natural? What about suggestions to eat the placenta?
Martin, a primatologist, looks to evolutionary history for clues to how humans have parented through time. He leads a dizzying tour through evolutionary aspects of human reproduction, starting with sperm and egg, winding through pregnancy and parental care, to reach the decidedly unnatural topics of contraception and in vitro fertilization.
- News
Bacteria can cause pain on their own
Microbes caused discomfort in mice by activating nerves, not the immune system. - News
Gut-brain communication failure may spur overeating
Restoring a depleted molecule in obese mice repaired their abnormal response to food. - Feature
On the Rebound
Scientists revive search for new rubber sources. - News in Brief
Online 'likes' multiply themselves
Social media users swayed by previous ratings, researchers find when they randomly assign positive and negative votes. - News
HeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature
The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks. - News
Evolution of mammalian monogamy remains mysterious
Two large studies reach opposing conclusions about why males stay with females. - News
Full moon may mean less sleep
Slumber waxes and wanes along with lunar rhythm, researchers find with people sleeping in windowless lab. - News in Brief
Size isn't only mystery of huge virus
A strange replication method and an unusual genetic sequence are among the mysteries of the outsized Pandoravirus.