Believe in Atlantis? These archaeologists want to win you back to science
Researchers confront rising belief in ancient aliens and other myths".
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First Cherokee cave inscriptions commemorate sacred lacrosselike game
Charcoal cave etchings also reach out to ancestors".
Fecal transplants could help patients on cancer immunotherapy drugs
Early results hint that benefits seen in mice could extend to people".
Top stories: Science and the slave trade, tweeting and (not) flying, and Snowball Earth’s thaw
This week’s top Science news".
Sydney Brenner, pioneer of molecular biology, dies at 92
The Nobel laureate made pioneering discoveries about DNA and RNA".
Zapping elderly brains with electricity improves short-term memory—for almost an hour
Study suggests out-of-sync brain waves help drive cognitive aging".
New species of ancient human unearthed in the Philippines
Island-dwelling Homo luzonensis may have been a small-bodied tree climber".
These flower mites may avoid pesticides by hiding out in a rose’s internal organs
The pests hide deep within the flowers, making them difficult to combat".
‘We can’t take another hit like this’: Brazilian scientists lament big budget freeze
If funds remain frozen, funds for scholarship and research could drop by 42% this year".
Research on communication with completely paralyzed patients prompts misconduct investigation
Critic raises questions about statistical methods used to evaluate brain responses of people in completely locked-in states".
