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Endangered Monkeys in the Amazon Are More Diverse Than Previously Thought, UCLA Study Finds
Research by UCLA life scientists and 50 colleagues sheds new light on the biological differences…
Computer Model Explains How Animals Select Actions with Rewarding outcomes
Scientists from the universities of Manchester and Sheffield have developed a computer model charting what…
Congratulations to Olivia Hansell:
Olivia Hansell, an HBS major, was awarded an Honorable Mention for this year’s Samuel Oschin…
What Makes Kids Generous? Neuroscience Has Some Answers.
It’s no secret that people are judgmental, and young children are no exception. When children…
Genetic Study Reveals Surprising Ancestry of Many Americans
In the United States, almost no one can trace their ancestry back to just one…
Stanford Psychologists Show That Altruism is Not Simply Innate
Ever since the concept of altruism was proposed in the 19th century, psychologists have debated…
University of Toronto Cell Biologists Discover On-off Switch for Key Stem Cell Gene
Consider the relationship between an air traffic controller and a pilot. The pilot gets the…
Genes Tell Story of Birdsong and Human Speech
His office is filled with all sorts of bird books, but Duke neuroscientist Erich Jarvis…
Genome sequencing for newborns: What do new parents think?
A study published this week in Genetics in Medicine is the first to explore new…
Mapping Human Disease: ‘Not All Pathogens Are Everywhere’
Researchers at North Carolina State University have for the first time mapped human disease-causing pathogens,…
Book Launch | Misbehaving Science: Controversy and the Development of Behavior Genetics
The Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join us for a conversation with Aaron Panofsky,…
2014 | Soraya de Chadarevian, et.al – Special Section on "Heredity and The Study of Human Populations After 1945"
ISG professor, Soraya de Chadarevian, recently co-edited “Heredity and The Study of Human Populations After 1945”…