Science & Society

  1. Health & Medicine

    Hollywood-made science documentary series comes to TV

    Breakthrough series gives a closer look at scientists at work.

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  2. Humans

    An amusing romp through word histories

    From ak to wid, a new book makes etymology fun.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Cancer drug’s effectiveness overinflated in animal studies

    Claims about the cancer drug sunitinib are overblown because of poorly designed studies and negative results that were never published, a new analysis suggests.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Cancer drug’s effectiveness overinflated in animal studies

    Claims about the cancer drug sunitinib are overblown because of poorly designed studies and negative results that were never published, a new analysis suggests.

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  5. Science & Society

    Nobels note neutrinos, DNA, drugs

    The Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine ran the gamut this year, honoring both fundamental science discoveries and research with real-world impacts.

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  6. Science & Society

    General relativity centennial celebrates Einstein’s genius

    Science News uses the opportunity of the 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity to take a deep dive into one — perhaps the most important — of Einstein’s scientific contributions.

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  7. Science & Society

    Special Report: Gravity’s Century

    After years of pondering the interplay of space, time, matter and gravity, Einstein produced, in a single month, an utter transformation of science’s conception of the cosmos: the general theory of relativity.

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  8. Particle Physics

    Top 10 subatomic surprises

    Nobel Prize–winning neutrinos rank among science’s most unexpected discoveries.

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  9. Science & Society

    Neurological condition probably caused medieval scribe’s shaky handwriting

    By scrutinizing a medieval scribe’s wiggly handwriting, scientists conclude that the writer suffered from essential tremor.

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  10. Science & Society

    For the real hits of fashion week, look to computer science

    A machine learning algorithm that analyzes trends on the runway and those on the street could help designers and manufacturers better understand what fashion trends take off.

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  11. Science & Society

    Full coverage: 2015 Nobel Prizes

    The Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine or physiology ran the gamut this year, honoring both fundamental science discoveries and research with real-world impacts.

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  12. Science & Society

    Centennial books illuminate Einstein’s greatest triumph

    Scholars mark general relativity 100ths anniversary with books on history, biography, science.

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