In the April 14 SN: Killer heat, mass insect migrations, the latest Saturn updates, rethinking the Nobel Prize, tectonics on Venus, the science of mass shootings, ancient tool trends and more.
SCRUBBED IN A team of nine plastic surgeons and two urologic surgeons transplanted a full penis, scrotum and part of the abdominal wall to a U.S. veteran in late March.
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SOUND SCIENCE Different ways of reviewing medical evidence serve different purposes, with no form necessarily superior, researchers argue in a recent paper.
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RED-LIGHT DISTRICT Levels of a brain reward compound increased in male fruit flies genetically engineered to ejaculate when exposed to red light when the insects were bathed in the rosy hue.
Researchers are following the spread of viruses and illness among students in a cluster of University of Maryland dorms to learn more about how the bugs infect.
Taking antidepressants during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, two new large studies suggest.