Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Humans
Origins of Maya pottery material remain mysterious
Scientists haven’t yet identified the source of volcanic ash used in Maya pottery, but they now have geochemical clues about the ash’s composition.
- Humans
The long, wild ride of bipolar disorder
The first long-term study of its kind finds that bipolar disorder identified in children often persists into young adulthood and involves frequent, intense swings between manic euphoria and depression.
- Health & Medicine
Nobel Prize in medicine given for HIV, HPV discoveries
Three Europeans recognized for linking viruses to AIDS, cervical cancer.
- Humans
Genetic link to dyslexia
Scientists studying a large group of British children find a link between a DNA sequence that contains a gene involved in brain development and a range of reading problems, including dyslexia.
- Health & Medicine
Smokers May Benefit from Red Wine
Smokers: Red wine may be the prescription for you.
- Chemistry
Trapping Compact Fluorescents’ Toxic Gas
New nanomaterials may offer a solution to mopping up a toxic pollutant associated with fluorescent lighting.
- Chemistry
Oops! A Fluorescent Light Breaks
Toxic mercury will be released whenever a fluorescent lamp breaks.
- Chemistry
Fluorescent bulbs offer mercury advantage
Featured blog: Switching to light bulbs that contain mercury might, surprisingly, reduce overall mercury releases to the environment. Plus, what to do when you break your fluorescent bulb.
- Health & Medicine
Don’t forget diet composition
Caloric restriction, an antiaging technique, fails to lower levels of IGF-1, a growth factor that, in high amounts, is linked to cancer in humans. But cutting protein along with calories does decrease IGF-1.
- Health & Medicine
On Following the Money
Judge medical writers on issues that matter most in a given story, not just on what's easiest to quantify.
- Health & Medicine
Pregnancy curiosity
Asian-Caucasian couples having children face slightly increased risks of pregnancy complications.
- Health & Medicine
You Choose: Vioxx vs Rofecoxib
Physicians weigh in on how reporters refer to certain medications.
