Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Gravely damaged brains have ‘bottleneck’
A failure in electrical signaling may distinguish patients in vegetative states.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Heart attacks are worse in the morning, plus who remembers dreams, stem cells in lungs and more in this week’s news.
- Humans
Stone Age cold case baffles scientists
Stone-tool makers who hunkered down near Arctic Circle left uncertain clues to their identity.
- Humans
Networks dominated by rule of the few
Certain systems, including social hubs like Facebook, can be directed from relatively few control points.
- Humans
‘Bonding hormone’ linked to post-baby blues
Low oxytocin levels in pregnant women may help predict whether they will have postpartum depression.
- Humans
Nobelists advise budding scientists
Laureates share unconventional wisdom with young investigators at Intel ISEF 2011.
- Health & Medicine
Digestive Disease meeting
Obesity therapy for toddlers, plus digestive issues in athletes, carbs during pregnancy and more from Digestive Disease week 2011.
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- Health & Medicine
Food/Nutrition
Losing weight with chocolate, plus deep-fried dioxins, edible sunscreens and more in this week's news
- Health & Medicine
Unnoticed celiac disease worth treating
People who have an antibody reaction to gluten but no outward symptoms are better off if they avoid grains containing the protein, a study shows.
- Psychology
Autism rates head up
Disorders may affect more kids than previously thought, a study in South Korea suggests.
- Health & Medicine
Going Under
While every anesthetic drug has its own effect, scientists know little about how the various versions work on the brain to transport patients from normal waking awareness to dreamless nothingness.
