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Flower Or Flesh? Genetics Explain Mosquito Preference
DNA Reveals That Silky Anteaters Are Seven Species
Google Has Released an AI Tool That Makes Sense of Your Genome
Almost 15 years after scientists first sequenced the human genome, making sense of the enormous…
Everything Your Biology Teacher Told You About Earlobes Is Wrong
Most of us learned in high school biology that genetics can sometimes be incredibly simple….
Chimp Females Who Leave Home Postpone Parenthood
Wild chimpanzee females in western Tanzania who leave home or are orphaned take roughly three…
CRISPR-Carrying Nanoparticles Edit the Genome
In a new study, MIT researchers have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing…
Twin Study Finds Genetics Affects Where Children Look, Shaping Mental Development
A new study co-led by Indiana University that tracked the eye movement of twins finds…
New Model Reveals Possibility of Pumping Antibiotics Into Bacteria
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to…
Bonobos Help Strangers Without Being Asked
A passer-by drops something and you spring to pick it up. Or maybe you hold…
Patrick Allard, Hannah Landecker and Amander Clark Awarded a John Templeton Foundation Grant
A UCLA research team led by Patrick Allard, assistant professor of society and genetics, has…
Teaching Bats to Say ‘Move Out of My Way’ in Many Dialects
Wild fruit bats, living in crowded roosts, are exposed to calls from hundreds of fellow…
How Neanderthals Influenced Human Genetics at the Crossroads of Asia and Europe
When the ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa, they passed through the Middle…