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- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1940s
The Atomic Age, elementary finds and other highlights, 1940–49
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Designer Flu
How scientists made a killer virus airborne — and who should know.
- Humans
Letters from the November 13, 2004, issue of Science News
The direct approach “An Exploitable Mutation: Defect might make some lung cancers treatable” (SN: 9/11/04, p. 164: An Exploitable Mutation: Defect might make some lung cancers treatable) may have missed a “magic bullet” that would be effective against many forms of cancer. The researchers concentrate on a drug that blocks a mutated form of the […]
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- Neuroscience
Hurt Blocker
The next big pain drug may soothe sensory firestorms without side effects.
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Uncommon Carriers
People have a surprising number of rare genetic variants.
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Science News Top 25
Science News reviews the year in science with a compilation and analysis of the most fascinating stories reported in the magazine. Also highlighted are reader favorites, debunked science and the year's weirdest stories.
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- Science & Society
Scientists take on Twitter
Social media comes into its own as a tool and a subject for study.
- Humans
A Cancer Patient’s Best Friend
Similarities between tumors in people and dogs mean canine studies can inform human disease.
- Humans
Of Mice and Man
The lab mouse is being remodeled to better mimic how humans respond to disease.
