Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Humans
Fossil finds offer close look at a contested ancestor
Nearly 2 million-year-old fossils offer glimpses of a species that may, or may not, have been crucial for human evolution.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Vaccine knocks down diarrhea cases, a flag for mortality risk and more in this week’s news.
- Health & Medicine
Brain stents pose risks
Devices to prop open narrowed vessels appear to raise the risk of death or stroke compared with medicines alone, a study finds.
- Chemistry
If that’s a TV, this must be the den
In some situations, the brain identifies a location based on a checklist of objects.
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- Health & Medicine
Obesity can turn body fat toxic
Excess blubber below the skin can trigger inflammation, possibly increasing risk of disease.
- 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.
