Science Update: Addiction and Hunger

For people who have never been addicted, drug addiction can seem like a foreign state of mind. But today at the AAAS Annual Meeting, a researcher reported that addiction may be more familiar than people realize.

Listen to the Science Update report from host Bob Hirshon.

Quirky, entertaining and informative, Science Update is a daily, 60-second feature covering the latest discoveries in science, technology and medicine. Produced by AAAS, the program has reported on thousands of scientific and medical breakthroughs--and won dozens of national awards--since its inception in 1988.

15 February 2007