Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Life
Chimps’ baby teeth don’t predict weaning
The age at which a chimpanzee gets its first molar tooth doesn't predict when it will stop nursing.
- Humans
U.S. team breaks through subglacial lake
Testing should continue for a day or more, probing for life in the Antarctic depths.
- Health & Medicine
Deep brain stimulation improves autistic boy’s symptoms
Electrodes surgically implanted in the brain could treat severe cases of autism.
- Health & Medicine
Signs of trauma documented in living brains
Molecular signature of injury seen in scans of retired NFL players.
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- Humans
STS finalists bound for Washington
Forty vie for top awards in 2013 Intel Science Talent Search.
- Health & Medicine
Digestive juices implicated in shock
A new study finds that blocking enzymes' effects beyond the gastrointestinal tract may be an effective treatment strategy.
- Humans
H5N1 influenza research moratorium ends
Scientists lift self-imposed moratorium on research that would make avian flu transmissible among humans.
- Tech
DNA stores poems, a photo and a speech
The molecule swaps its biological role for a computational one, that of long-term data storage.
- Health & Medicine
Half of U.S. babies may miss on-time vaccinations
Immunization delays place children at risk of contracting preventable diseases.
