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New Orleans in a stranglehold
It's not the mists of time that lay claim to abandoned cities. It's the undergrowth. Fast-spreading vines and other weeds are among the first...
USA TODAY, 11/01/07 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
A gasping heart: cardiac quirk may worsen sleep apnea, invite altitude sickness
A common imperfection in the structure of the heart may worsen breathing difficulties in people who have sleep apnea and provoke a life-threatening...
Science News, 04/07/07 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
Diabetes drugs attack another disease of obesity
Several years ago, Carlos Herrera Macias, 55, learned that he had type 2 diabetes. He already knew about that obesity-related disease--his mother...
Science News, 03/03/07 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
Perchance to hibernate: can we tap a dormant capacity to downshift our metabolism?
This time of year, the wilds of North America are relatively quiet. The black bears that usually patrol the woods seem to have vanished. Many bat...
Science News, 01/27/07 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
Lead in the water: mapping gets a handle on disinfectant's danger
In 1854, Dr. John Snow stopped a cholera outbreak in London by mapping the sick residents' homes and the locations of the city water pumps. Most...
Science News, 12/02/06 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
The cancer of Dorian Gray: is growing old an inescapable cost of averting malignancy?
Dorian Gray, the everlasting dandy of Oscar Wilde's novel, halted aging. Rather than his body growing old, his portrait suffered the insults of...
Science News, 11/04/06 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
Waters near croplands impair frogs' immunity
Pesticide-containing waters leave frogs more susceptible to fungal infections than pristine environments do, new field data suggest....
Science News, 10/21/06 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
Air's oxygen content constrains insect growth
The size to which insects grow is limited by how much oxygen they can route to tissues in their legs, new airway measurements suggest. The size...
Science News, 10/21/06 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
Calling death's bluff: implantable defibrillators can save thousands of lives—but which ones?
Some hearts seem to be beating normally one moment, but then quiver for an instant and fall still forever. In these cases, the heart's electrical...
Science News, 09/23/06 by Ben Harder · More from publication -
Sauna use among dads linked to tumors in children
Would-be fathers who expose themselves to excessive heat in the weeks before they conceive children may place their future offspring at unnecessary...
Science News, 08/26/06 by Ben Harder · More from publication
