Humans
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Health & Medicine
Healthier mice, through X-rays
In sickly mice, small doses of radiation helped while vitamins harmed.
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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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Health & Medicine
Magnets that kill cancer cells
Researchers devise a way to use magnets to make cells self-destruct.
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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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Brain
The teenage brain
Adolescence triggers brain — and behavioral — changes that few kids or adults understand.
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Humans
Building Stonehenge
A new study of ancient crops may identify the laborers behind Britain’s most famous stone monument.
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Health & Medicine
The rest of your DNA
Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions.
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Humans
The origins of mummies
Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead.