Science news articles about 'lucy'

Researchers have found a link between gum disease and cancer. How worried should we be, asks Lucy Atkins

Lucy Chesire: The re-emergence of tuberculosis could reverse a decade of advances in the fight against HIV/Aids

Lucy Mangan: If God made man in his own image, he is a fat bloke with his feet up watching Sky+

SEATTLE (AP) -- Who loves Lucy? Far fewer people than a Seattle science center hoped when officials paid millions to show the fossil remains of one of the earliest known human ancestors....

... , in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, have completed the first high-resolution CT scan of the world's most famous fossil, Lucy, an ancient human ancestor who lived 3.2 million years ago.

... , in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, have completed the first high-resolution CT scan of the world's most famous fossil, Lucy, an ancient human ancestor who lived 3.2 million years ago.

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Thirty-five years after the hominid fossil known as Lucy was found, its discoverer says his 3.2 million-year-old “girlfriend” still has lessons to teach.

The 'Lucy' fossil has been on display in Houston and Seattle, and now she is hitting Times Square.

... a tooth from a more primitive creature more than 1 million years older than Lucy. After more fossils of the creature were found in the area from some 17 individuals, Suwa, White and project co-leader ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research examining microscopic marks on the teeth of the "Lucy" species Australopithecus afarensis suggests that the ancient hominid ate a different diet than the tooth enamel, size ...

... severe vision loss among working-age Americans, and few effective therapies exist to delay its progression. Lucy Q. Shen, M.D., of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California–Los Angeles, ...

... of iodine and bromine mid-ocean implies that destruction of ozone over the oceans could be global". Dr Lucy Carpenter, University of York and UK co-ordinator of the Observatory added: "This ...

... we were disappointed to find such a small amount of relevant data," says lead researcher Lucie Nield, who works in Centre for Food, Physical Activity & Obesity, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough. ...

Lucy Atkins: Broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables contain a group of phytochemicals that seem to have cancer-preventing properties

Human ancestors may win Olympic power sports, but modern humans can run.