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5,124 results for: seek

  1. Anthropology

    For Hadza, build and brawn don’t matter for choosing mates

    Study of hunter-gatherer community in Tanzania shows that, across human groups, mating criteria vary.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Malaria shows signs of resisting best drug used to fight it

    The frontline malaria medicine artemisinin shows gaps in effectiveness in Southeast Asia.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Space

    Heat-seeking WISE spacecraft to scan the skies

    The new instrument promises to discover millions of infrared-bright galaxies and thousands of previously unknown asteroids and brown dwarfs.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Space

    WISE sees its first stars

    NASA's new infrared observatory is ready for action.

    By Lisa Grossman
  5. Life

    Why light makes migraines worse

    A new study traces brain wiring to discover why light increases migraine pain.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Materials Science

    Breakup doesn’t keep hydrogel down

    Scientists create a new material that is strong, soft and self-healing.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  7. Life

    Carried aloft, tiny creatures avoid parasites, sex

    Dry and blowing in the breeze, rotifers are safe from a deadly fungus — and perhaps from the vulnerabilities presumed to accompany asexual reproduction.

    By Lisa Grossman

  8. Book Review: Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives by Annie Murphy Paul

    Review by Bruce Bower.

    By Bruce Bower

  9. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog

    Review by Susan Milius.

    By Science News

  10. Book Review: The Natural Navigator: A Watchful Explorer’s Guide to a Nearly Forgotten Skill by Tristan Gooley

    Review by Sid Perkins.

    By Science News

  11. BOOK REVIEW: The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists: The Coolest Experiments and Projects for Science Fairs and Family Fun by Ken Denmead

    Review by Allison Bohac.

    By Science News

  12. Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall

    A journalist with unusual sleep habits seeks to learn why we slumber and how sleeping — or not — affects thoughts, behavior and health. W.W. Norton & Co., 2012, 290 p., $25.95

    By Science News