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  1. Disorder Decline: U.S. mental ills take controversial dip

    Far fewer people suffer from mental disorders requiring treatment than was initially indicated by two national surveys.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Anthropology

    The gene that came to stay

    A gene thought by some scientists to foster a bold, novelty-seeking personality, as well as attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), apparently spread substantially in human populations over roughly the past 40,000 years.

    By Bruce Bower

  3. A Man’s Job

    Sperm contain an unexpected payload of RNA, a discovery offering insight into infertility, cloning, and contraception.

    By John Travis

  4. Good Grief: Bereaved adjust well without airing emotion

    Among bereaved spouses tracked for up to 2 years after their partners' death, those who often talked with others and briefly wrote in diaries about their emotions fared no better than their tight-lipped, unexpressive counterparts.

    By Bruce Bower

  5. Pushing the Mood Swings

    Social and psychological forces sway the course of manic depression.

    By Bruce Bower

  6. Cries and Greetings

    Baboon intimacy and detachment present vexing clues.

    By Bruce Bower

  7. 18963

    I was distressed to read that Science News thinks there are no steroid hormone receptors in insects. Granted, their reproduction is not regulated by steroids, but ecdysone, the molting hormone, is certainly a steroid. There is some evidence that juvenile hormone, the hormone that regulates development and sometimes reproduction, acts through a steroidlike-receptor pathway. Other […]

    By Science News
  8. Health & Medicine

    Cancer drugs may thwart Huntington’s

    Drugs developed to fight cancer could also be effective against Huntington's disease and several related neurodegenerative conditions.

    By John Travis
  9. Health & Medicine

    Is Snoring a DiZZZease?

    Snoring may trigger high blood pressure, which can lead to heart disease or stroke.

    By Damaris Christensen

  10. Evolutionary Upstarts

    Theories of the evolution of the human mind are evolving, with some researchers now presenting alternatives to the dominant notion that genetic competition for survival during the Stone Age yielded brains stocked with a bevy of instincts for specific types of thinking.

    By Bruce Bower

  11. The Meaning of Life

    Computers are unscrambling genomes to reveal the secrets in DNA codes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  12. Get Rid of the Bodies

    Scientists are learning how organisms safely clear out cell corpses.

    By John Travis