Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Investing in Health: Ouch!
Investments in health, one of the largest segments of the U.S. economy, have been stagnating — and could be poised to actually take a big hit.
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The Science Vote
Science News runs down what the two presidential candidates and their campaigns have been saying about science and technology issues.
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The Science Vote: Spending priorities differ
Federal funding for academic research — a major engine of innovation — has experienced an “unprecedented” two-year decline, the National Science Foundation reported in late August. Between fiscal years 2005 and 2007, Uncle Sam’s share of academic research funding fell from 64 percent to 62 percent. To take up the slack, universities turned to industry […]
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The Science Vote: Linking energy to greenhouse risks
Science and technology have not played out as major presidential campaign issues this year. And following Sen. John McCain’s unexpected announcement that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be his running mate, even foreign policy and major energy issues have been relegated to the back seat as the media feverishly probe the views, background and administrative […]
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The first sound bites
During the 1908 presidential race, Taft and Bryan sounded off in a new way as use of the phonograph got serious.
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- Chemistry
Obama’s brain trust
Featured blog: Sixty-one Nobel laureates sign a letter explaining why they support Barack Obama's run for the presidency.
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Teaching babies to err
A puzzling error that infants make in a hiding game arises from their inherent tendency to interpret others’ behavior, a research team contends.
- Health & Medicine
The Foreign Drug Trade
Chances are you haven't a clue where your medicines come from.
- Health & Medicine
Window of opportunity for stroke treatment widens
Use of clot-busting drugs as long as 4½ hours after an event pays dividends later.
- Health & Medicine
Cancer data: Burying bad news
Featured blog: Data from the vast majority of human cancer trials never get published, a new study finds — and that's not a good thing.
- Health & Medicine
Closing in on Rett syndrome
Scientists find that a particular part of the mouse brain is responsible for behavioral abnormalities associated with Rett syndrome, an autism spectrum disease that strikes females.
