Ancestry & Evolution
How has CRISPR transformed discussion on gene editing?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Spiny grass and scraggly ...
Is the human gene pool in danger?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Should we worry about ...
Scientists discuss synthetic human genome: What would it mean for science and society?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists are now contemplating ...
Is wiping out deadly mosquitos with sterilization or GMO solution best to combat Zika?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In response to the ...
Advances in genetic research enhancing our understanding of human evolution
New data on early humans are coming in with increasing frequency and this has to do with advances in molecular ...
Genes influence academic achievement, but they’re not the most important factor
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The largest study of ...
Popular media needs to get the science right on epigenetics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Epigenetics is everywhere. Nary a ...
How much do looks really matter? Trustworthiness, friendliness judged at a glance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A newly published series ...
Researchers attempt to track Hannibal’s legendary journey from ancient horse manure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than two thousand ...
Jewish roots of India’s Bene Israel community confirmed through DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bene Israel is a ...
Is free will just a mind trick?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It happens hundreds of ...
Are hands what made us human?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What a waste are ...
Cracking the da Vinci code: Scientists, historians on quest to sequence artist’s DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It is a 500-year-old ...
Lab-grown embryos reveal earliest stages of life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists say a breakthrough ...
Why is life’s genetic code so limited?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. All life on Earth ...
New Yorker epigenetic piece draws ire from scientists
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I recently gave readers ...
Pudgy Labrador retrievers’ genes help humans understand why we are getting fat
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Labrador retriever, known ...
High energy gives humans bigger brains, more fat than other primates
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We may not be ...
Twenty years after cloned sheep Dolly’s birth, reproductive technology still evolving
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It may seem bizarre, ...
Gene editing’s biggest challenge: Figuring out what makes us human
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. People in pain write ...
Disruptions in adolescent brain development may signal risk for autism, schizophrenia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A research team led ...
Is biotechnology changing how humans evolve?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After 4 billion years of ...
DNA analysis reveals ancient Europe shaped by several human migrations, not cultural shifts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We know that modern ...
US government returning 8,500-year-old ‘Kennewick Man’ to Native Americans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2015, an international ...
Can we really judge intelligence of other species?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For centuries, our understanding ...
Kid’s academic achievement? Scale tips towards genetics
Some scientific work suggests parenting activities don't impact intelligence in children much and have little impact on academic achievement. Is ...
Researchers ‘evolve’ new Bt toxin that could fight insect resistance to GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops ...