There is still so much about the Earth that we do not know. Thousands of years of human history are locked in stone. Oceans are awash in secrets that have yet to be whispered. As global warming destroys the world we once knew, new microbes are revealed, causing both wonder and dread in the scientific community. — Read the rest
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DNA from 258 ancient skeletons rewrite the history of the Roman Empire and the Dark Ages
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Swap one letter in a girl mouse's DNA and she grows testes. Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel edited a small stretch of what scientists used to call "junk DNA," the vast majority of the genome that doesn't build proteins but tells other genes when to turn on or off. — Read the rest
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Samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu contain the four genetic “letters” of DNA.
A UK woman conceived a child after sleeping with two brothers — identical twins — within a four-day window. DNA testing confirmed that either man could be the biological father. Since identical twins share the same genetic sequence, no test can further narrow it down. — Read the rest
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The database is no longer accessible after the organization that started it shut down.
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Dogs and humans are more alike than we think.
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All five DNA building blocks found in pristine asteroid Ryugu samples.
A Defensoria Pública do Estado do Amazonas (DPE-AM) abriu o agendamento para a campanha “Eu Tenho Pai”, mutirão voltado ao reconhecimento da paternidade e maternidade biológica e socioafetiva. No interior, os agendamentos já estão abertos conforme a organização de cada unidade e, em Manaus, começa no dia 19 de fevereiro
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DNA study shows the deadly potato blight came from South America.
A new 45-nucleotide RNA ribozyme brings us closer to understanding how life emerged from chemistry.
The Y chromosome doesn’t seem to do much except determine sex – but its loss in older men might be linked to heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s.
A million years of kitchen accidents may have forced the human immune system to evolve.