Friendship’s Dark Side: ‘We Need a Common Enemy’ by NATALIE ...
Friendship generally is regarded as an unalloyed good. But scientists have found it also can be a conspiracy, […]
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You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves. by ...
Scientists have made astonishing discoveries about the nature and evolution of friendship. Without it, humans suffer significant physical […]
Employees Jump at Genetic Testing. Is That a Good Thing? ...
Genetic disease risk screening is becoming a popular employee benefit. But the tests may not be all that […]
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. Wave by ...
With Dropbox and Spotify successfully going public, tech investors believe that a bonanza of initial public offerings is […]
Gray Ghosts, the Last Caribou in the Lower 48 States, ...
The herd of southern mountain caribou, the last in the contiguous United States, has dwindled to three animals. […]
The Evolution of the Eyebrow by DOUGLAS QUENQUA
A new study suggests that brow ridges probably didn’t evolve for practical reasons, but for sometimes subtle communications. […]
Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each ...
Viruses shape the ecology of the planet, but scientists still have only a rudimentary understanding of the microbial […]
‘We’re Out of Options’: Doctors Battle Drug-Resistant Typhoid Outbreak by ...
An aggressive typhoid strain, resistant to five types of antibiotics, is expected to replace other endemic strains worldwide. […]
E. Coli Linked to Chopped Romaine Lettuce Infects People in ...
No one has died in the outbreak, though 35 have been infected, including three people who have developed […]
Sea Turtles Use Magnetic Fields to Find Their Birthplace Beach ...
Using loggerhead genetics, researchers traced the routes of turtles that return decades after birth to nest near their […]