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  1. Health & Medicine

    Medical breakthroughs come with a human cost

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute muses on the risks many medical advances pose in their infancy.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Poliovirus treatment helped patients with deadly brain tumors live longer

    A genetically modified poliovirus appears to help fight brain cancer, a small, early-stage clinical study suggests.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    ‘Aroused’ recounts the fascinating history of hormones

    The new book "Aroused" demystifies hormones, the chemicals that put the zing into life.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    What is it about hogweed — and lemons and limes — that can cause burns?

    Some plants have compounds that, after exposure to sunlight, produce streaky or spotty burns.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    New studies add evidence to a possible link between Alzheimer’s and herpesvirus

    Researchers saw higher levels of herpesvirus in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, which may contribute to plaque formation.

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  6. Anthropology

    Koko the gorilla is gone, but she left a legacy

    An ape that touched millions imparted some hard lessons about primate research.

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  7. Anthropology

    A 2,200-year-old Chinese tomb held a new gibbon species, now extinct

    Researchers have discovered a new gibbon species in an ancient royal Chinese tomb. It's already extinct.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Splitting families may end, but migrant kids’ trauma needs to be studied

    The long-term effects of separating children from their parents at the U.S. border need to be studied, scientists say.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    How to help your toddler be helpful (with caveats)

    Even very young toddlers like to help, a social skill that’s linked to later success in school and life.

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  10. Psychology

    Phone apps are helping scientists track suicidal thoughts in real time

    Researchers are using smartphones to tap into the ups and downs of suicidal thinking that occur over hours and days, hoping to help prevent suicides.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    The number of teens who report having sex is down

    About 40 percent of high school students are having sex, the lowest amount in the last three decades.

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  12. Humans

    What I actually learned about my family after trying 5 DNA ancestry tests

    Ancestry results vary widely depending on which company you use.

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