Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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The Heights of School Science: Select student research rises to the top
Forty high school students have each earned a slot in the final round of the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search.
- Health & Medicine
Good Exposure: Contact with babies might lessen MS risk
People who grow up with younger siblings close to them in age are less likely to develop multiple sclerosis later in life than are people without such siblings.
- Health & Medicine
‘Harmless’ Alga Indicted for Mussel Poisoning
A common algal species turns out to be a serious food-poisoning agent.
- Health & Medicine
Urine test signals pregnancy problem
A simple urine test can warn women that they have an increased risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous complication of pregnancy.
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Letters from the January 29, 2005, issue of Science News
Check it out In “Profiles in Melancholy, Resilience: Abused kids react to genetics, adult support” (SN: 11/20/04, p. 323), you report on a study in which it was found that female monkeys raised in a stressful situation drink alcohol to excess only if they possess just the short serotonin-transporter gene. If a positive correlation were […]
- Health & Medicine
One in a Million
A 15-year-old girl in Wisconsin has survived a rabies infection without receiving the rabies vaccine, a first in medical history.
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Letters from the January 22, 2005, issue of Science News
Timely comments The researchers featured in “Summer births linked to schizophrenia” (SN: 11/6/04, p. 301) suggest that a higher incidence of schizophrenia may be due to summer-related infections “or other seasonal factors.” June and July births would have been in early gestation during late fall and winter, when there is increased incidence of depression among […]
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From the January 19, 1935, issue
Unusual twin girls, recording brain waves, and making heavy hydrogen.
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Nobel Celebrations
A firsthand account unveils the pageantry that surrounds the awarding of the Nobel prizes in Stockholm.
- Health & Medicine
The Beef about UTIs
Antibiotic-resistant infections that affect some women may have been contracted from infected meat.
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Puzzle of the Week
Eager to exercise your mind and join in a friendly puzzle-solving competition? Try the weekly challenge at the new PuzzleUp Web site, created by Emrehan Halici, a software and game developer in Turkey. Go to: http://www.puzzleup.com/
