The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has stripped James Watson, the 90-year-old Nobel Prize-winning scientist…
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This year, you and your loved ones may have come across ads for a great gift to give this holiday season:…
You probably learned two things about mitochondria in high school biology. First, they’re the powerhouses of the cell.…
Scientists who study Drosophila, the humble fruit fly, like to have some fun when naming newly identified genes and…
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What do blind cavefish, dinosaurs, and sunburnt humans have in common? A lot more than you may realize, according to a…
The opium poppy is famous for its ability to produce painkilling molecules. Now, by sequencing its genome, a team of…
When adopting a new canine family member at a shelter, many people choose a dog based on the breed or breeds labelled…
DNA from a 22,000-year-old fossilized panda skull suggests an entirely separate lineage of giant pandas once roamed the…
It was the kind of lawsuit that would only happen in Florida.
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On the internet, a week is a lifetime—especially when it’s the opening week of Avengers: Infinity War. Unlike seemingly…
I was crawling around on the floor, chasing my cat, Avalanche, as she artfully wriggled away from me over and over…
When investigators revealed last week that a genealogy website had played a major role in catching alleged Golden State…
In what will undoubtedly be the largest genomic sequencing effort of all time, an international consortium of…
Guided by the work of Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the the twisted-ladder structure of…
Ever since researchers first discovered that bacterial immune systems could be hijacked to selectively change DNA in…
The Bajau people of Malaysia and the Philippines are renowned for their free-diving abilities, often working eight-hour…
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