Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Life
Babies low on key gut bacteria at higher risk of asthma
Asthma risk may be set early in life, but mice data suggest that the risk could altered by friendly gut bacteria.
- Anthropology
Ancient hominid ears were tuned to high frequencies
Two ancient hominid species may have heard high-frequency sounds especially well.
- Anthropology
Ancient hominid ears were tuned to high frequencies
Two ancient hominid species may have heard high-frequency sounds especially well.
- Health & Medicine
What makes cells stop dividing and growing
Scientists have found that the protein GATA4 helps control cellular senescence, and may be a target for treating aging-related diseases.
- Health & Medicine
Having sex doesn’t trigger heart attacks, study suggests
Sex doesn’t trigger heart attacks, study of patients with cardiovascular disease suggests.
- Anthropology
More than 9,000-year-old decapitated head discovered in Brazil
Human decapitation goes back more than 9,000 years in the Americas.
- Health & Medicine
Balloons-and-glue device seals remote wounds inside the body
To repair damaged tissue, surgeons can deliver a glue patch using two balloons and a blast of UV light.
- Health & Medicine
Coffee serves up surprising health benefits
Reporting on the current state of research allows readers to see beyond the single, sometimes conflicting public health messages that medical studies produce.
- Anthropology
Handed-down tales tell of ancient sea level rise
Australian Aborigines tell tales of actual, ancient sea-level rises, a contested study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Isaac Kinde: Finding cancer via altered genes
Isaac Kinde helped create a technology that can spot cancers early to give patients a better chance at survival.
- Health & Medicine
For kids learning new words, it’s all about context
By recording the first three years of life, researchers get hints about a child’s language development.
- Health & Medicine
Study finds benefits from lowering blood pressure, but questions remain
Preliminary results from NIH clinical trial suggest that lower blood pressure is better, but scientists have not yet published the data and open questions remain.
