Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Humans
Oldest hand axes found
Homo erectus may have made both advanced and simple tools 1.76 million years ago.
- Humans
Middle school scientists recognized
The first class of 30 finalists in the Broadcom MASTERS will convene in Washington, D.C., this fall to compete in new national science competition geared to younger students.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
One defense against diarrhea and early hints of diabetes in obese children in this week’s news
- Health & Medicine
Saffron takes on cancer
The yellow spice inhibits liver cancer growth, tests in rats show.
- Tech
Mining electronic records yields connections between diseases
Mining patient records, combined with molecular research, may reveal new links among medical conditions.
- Psychology
Men’s spatial superiority takes cultural cues
Some societies may nurture comparable spatial skills in males and females.
- Humans
Willpower endures
A person's ability to resist temptation stays constant throughout life, study suggests.
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- Humans
Recession-sensitive parenting
Economic downturn led to temporarily more severe parenting tactics among genetically predisposed mothers.
- Life
Genes may explain who gets sick from flu
People who stay well even after being exposed to the flu have a strong immune reaction to the virus, but in exactly the opposite way as those who get sick.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Antibiotics fight breathing ailments, cat-loving rats and more in this week’s news.
- Humans
Beneficial liaisons
DNA gift from our extinct cousins not only lives on in people today, but helps people today live on.
