Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
New heart attack treatment uses photosynthetic bacteria to make oxygen
Photosynthetic bacteria can produce oxygen to keep rat heart muscles healthy after a heart attack.
- Health & Medicine
New kind of ‘tan in a bottle’ may one day protect against skin cancer
A drug for activating melanin production without using ultraviolet radiation works in human skin samples.
- Health & Medicine
Live antibiotics use bacteria to kill bacteria
Certain bacteria will destroy other bacteria without harming humans. They may be an answer to antibiotic-resistant infections.
- Health & Medicine
Therapy flags DNA typos to rev cancer-fighting T cells
Genetic tests help identify cancer patients who will benefit from immune therapy.
- Humans
For humans, the appeal of looking at faces starts before birth
New research suggests that 8-month-old fetuses, like newborns, are particularly interested in looking at faces.
- Health & Medicine
It’s best if babies don’t drink their fruit as juice
New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend no fruit juice for babies younger than 1 year old.
- Anthropology
Oldest known Homo sapiens fossils come from northern Africa, studies claim
Moroccan fossils proposed as oldest known H. sapiens, from around 300,000 years ago.
- Health & Medicine
Choosing white or whole-grain bread may depend on what lives in your gut
Gut microbes determine how people’s blood sugar levels respond to breads.
- Health & Medicine
When preventing HIV, bacteria in the vagina matter
Vaginal bacteria affect how well microbicide gels used to prevent HIV work.
- Health & Medicine
50 years ago, antibiotic resistance alarms went unheeded
Scientists have worried about antibiotic resistance for decades.
- Health & Medicine
Babies categorize colors the same way adults do
Babies divide hues into five categories, much like adults, a result that suggests color categorization is built into the brain.
- Genetics
Mummy DNA unveils the history of ancient Egyptian hookups
A study of DNA extracted from Egyptian mummies untangles ancient ancestry and attempts to resolve quality issues.
