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28 JAN 2015LATEST NEWS

Humans and Neandertals likely interbred in Middle East

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Ancient human jawbone surfaces off coast of Taiwan

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• Archaeology

  
  • Humans and Neandertals likely interbred in Middle East
  • Ancient human jawbone surfaces off coast of Taiwan
  • Skull fractures aren’t what they used to be

• Biology

  
  • End of the road for Myriad gene patent fight
  • Spider spins electrically charged silk
  • Sweeping plan to revamp biomedical innovation includes controversial ideas for NIH

• Brain & Behavior

  
  • Lonely starlings stare at strangers
  • Childhood neglect erodes the brain
  • Misfit marmots save the day

• Climate

  
  • Dirty glaciers melt just as fast as clean ones
  • NASA's new soil moisture satellite could improve forecasts
  • Tonal languages arose in humid climates

• Earth

  
  • Video: The sound of an iceberg being born
  • Dirty glaciers melt just as fast as clean ones
  • NASA's new soil moisture satellite could improve forecasts

• Education

  
  • Belief that some fields require 'brilliance' may keep women out
  • Outlier, outlaw, outcast: The improbable scientific career of Tamer Elsayed
  • Congress keeps NASA education programs aloft

• Environment

  
  • Dirty glaciers melt just as fast as clean ones
  • NASA's new soil moisture satellite could improve forecasts
  • Orangutans take the low road

• Evolution

  
  • How Earth’s earliest life overcame a genetic paradox
  • How human ancestors got a grip
  • Malaria may accelerate aging in birds

• Health

  
  • Sweeping plan to revamp biomedical innovation includes controversial ideas for NIH
  • White House plans big 2016 budget ask to fight antibiotic resistance
  • Childhood neglect erodes the brain

• Paleontology

  
  • Humans and Neandertals likely interbred in Middle East
  • Ancient human jawbone surfaces off coast of Taiwan
  • Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed

• People & Events

  
  • The money chase, 2016: New head of key House science spending panel likes limited government, unlimited exploration
  • End of the road for Myriad gene patent fight
  • Charles Townes, pioneer of laser development, dies at 99

• Physics

  
  • Video: The sound of an iceberg being born
  • Charles Townes, pioneer of laser development, dies at 99
  • Telescope detects galaxy’s oldest known solar system

• Plants & Animals

  
  • Lonely starlings stare at strangers
  • Spider spins electrically charged silk
  • More monarch butterflies in Mexico, but numbers still low

• Space

  
  • NASA's new soil moisture satellite could improve forecasts
  • Telescope detects galaxy’s oldest known solar system
  • Ten new Rosetta images that reveal comet 67P in all its glory

• Technology

  
  • Japan's nuclear renaissance dogged by waste challenge
  • 'Genetic firewall' holds engineered microbes captive
  • Temporary tattoo measures blood glucose levels

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