Ancestry & Evolution
Second Human Genome Project necessary to complete understanding of genome, diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2003, biologists from ...
Startups, Big Ag betting soil microbes will bring next agricultural revolution
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. David Perry believes the ...
Modern dogs evolved from two distinct groups in Europe and Asia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Humans have a tighter ...
Did early births lead to smarter humans?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Due to the size ...
Jon Entine on why ‘race’ matters in shaping the world’s elite athletes
With the Olympic Games on the horizon, Jon Entine explores why so many sports seem to be dominated by particular ...
Prestigious neuroscience prize awarded to scientists who discovered brain’s plasticity
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Three neuroscientists whose research ...
Is it incorrect to consider brain akin to computer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The human brain contains ...
Why there is no ‘gay gene,’ and other misconceptions about genetics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetics underpins many of ...
Genes of Harambe, gorilla shot at Cincinnati Zoo, stored for research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After shooting dead a ...
What percent coral are you? New research shows genetic overlap with humans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. UH Mānoa scientists at ...
Real-life ‘X-men’ present surprising genetic anomalies and ‘superhuman’ abilities
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As you watch the X-Men ...
Why did humans evolve intelligence?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Human intelligence is a biological ...
DNA unveils history of African American migration
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The history of African-Americans ...
Fruit fly’s enormous sperm appears to defy biology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 1995, Scott Pitnick ...
Researchers track cell development using CRISPR
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Alexander Schier simply wanted ...
Renewed interest in claims that multiracial people inherently superior
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2006, author Alon ...
Evidence from French cave suggests Neanderthals more sophisticated than previously believed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In February 1990, thanks ...
Geneticists have plans to build synthetic human genome: Here’s what you need to know
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The biggest beneficiary of ...
Your genes may influence what microbes reside in your gut
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Microbial communities in the ...
Regulatory mechanisms driving limb formation identified for first time
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Molecular biologists have described for ...
Understanding IQ: What race horses, Eskimos, NBA centers and you have in common
To understand how individual intelligence forms, we have to know more than just someone's inherited genetic characteristics ...
CRISPR fueling rise of genetic engineering ‘biohacker’ labs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. CRISPR is a controversial ...
Amish use GMOs, pesticides yet cancer rates remain very low
Amish farmers may not get cancer as much, but it's not because they don't use pesticides or GMOs. In fact, ...
Is our understanding of genetics approaching historic turning point?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. JUDY WOODRUFF: It seems ...
Scientists identify genes behind nose shape
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have identified genes ...
Talking Biotech: Roslin Institute’s Bruce Whitelaw using gene editing to develop virus resistant pig
Roslin Institute animal biotechnologist Bruce Whitelaw is genetically engineering pigs to resist the deadly African swine fever virus ...
Why do some people crave spicy food? It may be in our genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If you’ve ever sat ...