Aeon
Races mingling, mixing faster than ever, and that makes us genetically stronger
Recent insights from the sequencing of hundreds of thousands of human genomes in the past decade have revealed that our ...
Precision medicine: Over promising genetic breakthroughs offers patients false hope
Science has always issued medical promissory notes. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon promised that an understanding of the true ...
As the age of mother’s has increased, twin births have skyrocketed
Twins are very much in our consciousness at the moment...because we are living through a twin boom. A higher proportion ...
Neither good ‘microbes’ nor ‘bad microbes’ truly exist
[For centuries,] [m]icrobes became synonymous with squalor and sickness. They became foes for us to annihilate and repel. Today, we ...
Should we treat human-pig chimeras as people?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists in the United ...
Do certain genes determine someone’s “criminal” nature?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [The year 1871 brought ...
Childhood experiences have long-lasting impact on brain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New findings in neuroscience, ...
Gene-editing, gene drives demand new regulatory approach
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gene editing and gene ...
Genetic evidence reveals extensive inbreeding between humans, other hominids
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Until recently, anthropologists drew ...
Should we praise or demonize artificial foods?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Artificial food. That’s what ...
Early eugenics movement first introduced biology to politics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For centuries, human hereditary ...
Fresh, local and organic may not equal sustainable
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Are the organic hand-picked ...
Epigenetics: Why there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ human body
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Epigenetics is a burgeoning ...
Is the infinite universe of Internet pornography a danger, or an asset to sexuality?
‘The widespread use of internet porn is one of the fastest-moving global experiments ever unconsciously conducted,’ the U.S. science writer ...
Why evaluating risk factors might not always lead to the best medical advice
Most health-conscious people are familiar with the concept of risk factors for disease. We’re too familiar, in fact. A risk ...
Creativity more imitation than innovation
In today’s world, inventors are our heroes and our saviours – the geniuses who keep the world economy surging forward, ...
Does our anthropocentric view of genetics keep us from scientific discovery?
We often attribute disease causing agency to microbes. But any human heath effects they have were discovered haphazardly through evolution ...
Humans’ love of watching animals is hardwired
Humans derive pleasure watching animals in zoos, nature and in popular culture. Beyond their uses as food sources and domestic ...
Invitro meat and the future vegan carnivore
Chef Richard McGeown has faced bigger culinary challenges in his distinguished career than frying a meat patty in a little ...
