Humans

  1. Health & Medicine

    Ebola in the air

    A deadly virus can spread through the air from pigs to monkeys.

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  2. Brain

    Baby’s stress can last decades

    Early stress may impair adult behavior, especially in girls.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Healthier mice, through X-rays

    In sickly mice, small doses of radiation helped while vitamins harmed.

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  4. Fossils

    Shoulder bones fuel debate

    Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Magnets that kill cancer cells

    Researchers devise a way to use magnets to make cells self-destruct.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Of fish and brain health

    Moms-to-be who eat a diet rich in the right fish may pass along benefits to their children

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  7. Health & Medicine

    The 2012 Nobel Prizes

    Annual awards go to research on cells, atoms and light.

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  8. Brain

    The teenage brain

    Adolescence triggers brain — and behavioral — changes that few kids or adults understand.

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  9. Humans

    Building Stonehenge

    A new study of ancient crops may identify the laborers behind Britain’s most famous stone monument.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    The rest of your DNA

    Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions.

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  11. Animals

    By a whisker

    Hardly a fad: Some facial hair serves important functions, scientists find.

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  12. Humans

    The origins of mummies

    Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead.

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