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  1. Humans

    From the June 26, 1937, issue

    Fur fashions from Ethiopian monkeys, the Big Bang as the source of cosmic rays, and ensuring airline pilots get enough oxygen.

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  2. Anthropology

    Ape Aid: Chimps share altruistic capacity with people

    Chimpanzees, as well as 18-month-old children, will assist strangers even when getting no personal reward, suggesting that human altruism has deep evolutionary roots.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Immune Abuse: Methamphetamine is linked to cardiac damage

    The illicit drug methamphetamine alters immune proteins unleashed in the body, possibly explaining why some longtime methamphetamine abusers suffer heart problems.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Alcohol Answer? Drinks lower glucose to protect heart

    Moderate consumption of beer, wine, or gin lowers blood glucose, perhaps helping to stave off type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Nerves are key to longevity effect

    The life-extending effect that some animals get from calorie-restricted diets may depend on signals from the brain.

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  6. Humans

    Summer Reading

    The staff of Science News presents wide-ranging recommendations of books for readers to pack for their summer vacations.

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  7. Humans

    Letters from the June 30, 2007, issue of Science News

    Hot and cold on the topic No mention was made in “In the Zone: Extrasolar planet with the potential for life” (SN: 4/28/07, p. 259) of the possibility that, being so close to its star and having a 13-day orbital period, the planet would keep the same surface to the star. Having one side baked […]

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  8. Humans

    From the June 19, 1937, issue

    Raindrop disruption as the cause of lightning, phonograph recordings of the language of wild gibbons, and a possible connection between jaundice and arthritis.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Warning Sign: River blindness parasite shows resistance

    The parasitic worm that causes river blindness seems to be developing resistance to the only drug that controls it.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Fluorine highlights early tumors

    Microscopic, fluorine-packed particles can make small, cancerous growths easier to detect.

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  11. Archaeology

    Ancient beads found in northern Africa

    Perforated shells found in a Moroccan cave indicate that northern Africans made symbolic body ornaments 82,000 years ago, long before Europeans did.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Diabetes drug might hike heart risk

    People who take rosiglitazone, a popular diabetes drug marketed as Avandia, may face an increased risk of heart attack.

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