SoT 182: Don't Pick a Baboon's Nose

Published: April 18, 2015, 1:18 a.m.

A new study has been published in the Lancet which suggests\xa0babies who were breastfeed were more likely to have higher IQs, spend more time in school, and end up in higher-paying jobs.

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A study by researchers at the University of Notre Dame looked at baboon social structure and how\xa0that affected variation in gut microbiota.

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A team based in Oxford has\xa0published a detailed genetic ancestry map of Great Britain\xa0- essentially a country-wide family tree. And that analysis demonstrated waves of migration by different populations into the United Kingdom throughout history.

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A serendipitous discovery by scientists at Stanford has found a way to\xa0convert leukemia cells into cancer-fighting immune cells.

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NASA is taking suggestions to name\xa0geologic features on Pluto and Charon\xa0when the New Horizons spacecraft flies past in July.