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Oldest Fossil Hominin Ear Bones Ever Recovered: Discovery Could Yield Important Clues on Human Origins
May 13, 2013 Anthropologists could shed new light on the earliest existence of humans. The study analyzed the tiny ear bones, the malleus, incus and stapes, from two species of early human ancestor in South ... > full storyMore: -
Leap in Leukemia Treatment
May 13, 2013 Doctors have found a combination of drugs to potentially treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) more effectively. The research helps address a basic problem of treating ... > full story -
Seabird Bones Reveal Changes in Open-Ocean Food Chain
May 13, 2013 Remains of endangered Hawaiian petrels -- both ancient and modern -- show how drastically today's open seas fish menu has changed. Scientists analyzed the bones of Hawaiian petrels -- birds that ... > full story -
Salt Levels in Food Still Dangerously High
May 13, 2013 The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain unchanged, despite numerous calls from health agencies for the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium. Excess sodium in the ... > full story -
Individual and Small-Chain Restaurant Meals Exceed Recommended Daily Calorie Needs
May 13, 2013 Researchers analyzed meals from independent and small-chain restaurants, which account for approximately 50% of the nation’s restaurant locations. They found that the average single meal ... > full story -
New Method of Finding Planets Scores Its First Discovery
May 13, 2013 Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for ... > full story -
Master Regulator That Drives Majority of Lymphoma Discovered
May 13, 2013 A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients with B-cell lymphomas with mutations affecting the EZH2 protein. However medical researchers now ... > full story -
Level of Dengue Virus Needed for Transmission Defined
May 13, 2013 Researchers have identified the dose of dengue virus in human blood that is required to infect mosquitoes when they bite. Mosquitoes are essential for transmitting the virus between people so the ... > full story -
Productivity Increases With Species Diversity, Just as Darwin Predicted
May 13, 2013 Environments containing species that are distantly related to one another are more productive than those containing closely related species, according to new ... > full story -
Brain Frontal Lobes Not Sole Center of Human Intelligence, Comparative Research Suggests
May 13, 2013 Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain's frontal lobes, say researchers. Research into the comparative size of the frontal lobes in humans and other species has determined ... > full story
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