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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.
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- Life
In evolution, last really can be first
By tracking bacteria for thousands of generations, researchers show how small DNA changes can eventually put underdogs on top.
- Life
Genes & Cells
The genetics of wrinkly dogs, plus cancer killers and diabetes thwarters in this week’s news.
- Earth
When the Great Lakes were lower
New archaeological evidence shows signs of prehistoric hunting and other human activities on now-submerged portions of Lake Huron.
- Health & Medicine
Caloric restriction extends life in monkeys, study finds
New study finds calorie restriction delays age-related diseases in monkeys. Another study reports that an immune-suppressing drug helps elderly mice live longer.
- Life
Old gene, short new trick
A single genetic modification is linked to the stature of short-legged dog breeds, new research shows.
- Health & Medicine
Brain doesn’t sort by visual cues alone
Blind and sighted people’s brains sort the living from the nonliving in the same way, suggesting this ability may be hard-wired.
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Moms and pups sniff out immune genes
Genes involved in the immune system also create individualized body odors that allow parents and offspring to recognize each other.
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Memory echoes in brain’s sensory terrain
The process of remembering an event reactivates brain regions that were involved in initially seeing or hearing the event.
- Animals
Second bird genus shares dart-frog toxins
Researchers have found a second bird genus, also in New Guinea, that carries the same toxins as poison-dart frogs in Central and South America.
