Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Stretchy electronics aid heart surgery
New balloon catheters may help cardiologists treat common cardiac problems.
- Health & Medicine
Alpha wave may affect sleep quality
A type of brain activity once considered diagnostic of wakefulness persists during slumber, and the more intense it is the more easily a person can be jolted awake.
- Psychology
A man lost in musical time
A man who can’t feel music’s pulse or move in time to it provides initial clues to ‘beat deafness.’
- Earth
Low sperm counts linked to fetal effects
Low male fertility may partly stem from chemical exposures in utero, an anatomical study suggests.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Ibuprofen may help fend off Parkinson’s, plus bone boosters and smokers’ brains in this week’s news.
- Life
Good gene type for cancer bad for stroke
A DNA variant that helps prevent tumors may diminish the brain’s recovery after an interruption in blood supply.
- Humans
Smelling a rat in a bag of chips
A forensic scientist shares tales from a very special victims unit.
- Health & Medicine
Half of adult males carry HPV
Human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted pathogen that can cause cancer, shows up often in men and lingers for months, a study shows.
- Earth
PCBs may impair fertility
A study of women undergoing in vitro fertilization finds reduced embryo implantation among women with higher levels of one type of the banned chemicals.
- Health & Medicine
How brains guesstimate
Experiments show how the human mind lowballs moving objects’ speed when information is lacking.
- Psychology
Club drug tied to out-of-body sensations
A Canadian survey finds a close link between ketamine and bizarre physical experiences.
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