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New fossil suggest ancient human ancestors the same species: Homo erectus
The spectacular fossilised skull of an ancient human ancestor that died nearly two million years ago in central Asia has ...
Craig Venter working on device that could send DNA over the internet
Craig Venter, who created the world’s first synthetic life, is working on a “DNA box” that could transport genetic sequences ...
Genetics offers key inisghts to how to educate children
Education in England is no better than mediocre, and billions of pounds have been wasted on pointless university courses and ...
IVF costs set to soar, scientists warn
Scientists have only a few weeks to block a patent that could have serious implications for couples seeking IVF treatments ...
IVF: Where are all the stories of failure?
At the Alternative Parenting Show last weekend, the London Women's Clinic launched the nation's first egg bank. The headline controversy is that, for ...
The Compatability Gene: A mixing and matching game of life and death
Dan Davis's The Compatibility Gene tells the story of the discovery of a central component of the immune system, one that ...
Africa shouldn’t take GM crops lightly, but neither can it ignore their potential
In the unlikely event that I had forgotten just how controversial and polarizing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are, the past few days ...
Zebrafish may help identify functions of human genes
Sharing 70% of its genetic code with humans and reproducing at great rates, the diminutive zebrafish has become one of ...
Sir David Attenborough is wrong – humans are still evolving
Have we, in famed broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough's words, put a halt to natural selection? The short answer is ...
Human genome sequencing: the real ethical dilemma
If a genome does not always predict, it can identify, raising questions around privacy and access. Should medical DNA records ...
Can you literally sniff out a genetically-ideal partner?
Could it be possible for suitable partners to literally sniff each other out, finding an optimal genetic other half using ...
GM crops: African opposition is a farce, says group led by former UN secretary general
Concern in Africa over genetically modified crops has been dismissed as fear of the unknown by an environmental group chaired by Kofi Annan, ...
Genetics and training push athletic ability to the limit
From club runners to Olympians, every athlete has a limit. Scientifically, this limit is defined as the body's lactate threshold ...
Traditional farming a better solution for African countries
Given the British government's approach to protecting the environment by trying to sell forests, culling badgers, and cutting environmental protection, the ...
‘US effect’: exaggerated results in genetics and psychiatry studies
Scientists who study human behavior are more likely than average to report exaggerated or eye-catching results if they are based ...
New H7N7 bird flu strain discovered that could pose threat to humans
A new strain of bird flu that can infect and kill animals has been found in chickens at live poultry ...
Genetic map of cancer reveals trails of mutation that lead to disease
The first detailed map of genetic faults that cause cancers was published on August 14, 2013. It offers profound insights ...
Stem cells: what happened to the radical breakthroughs?
It's 1998 and science is taking big strides. The first cloned mammal,Dolly the Sheep, has just had her first lamb; ...
Lab-grown burgers cannot provide a secure future for Africa
Sergey Brin, the billionaire American businessman who co-founded Google, pays a Dutch scientist to develop a burger from stem cells ...
UK debate: Is opposition to GM food really just superstition?
Green party leader Natalie Bennett and Johnjoe McFadden, a professor of molecular genetics at the University of Surrey, debate the ...
Resurrecting extinct animals can’t produce genetically viable populations
Like big kids everywhere, I would love to see it happen. The idea of resurrecting woolly mammoths fires the imagination ...
Scientists’ tortured relationship with Green Movement based in politics, sense of identity
Scientists and environmentalists often agree on topics as significant as climate change and the protection of biodiversity. So why do ...
DNA tells the story of human migration
Genome research tells a story of get up and go: it deciphers a text far older than any written record, ...
Evolution will punish the selfish? It’s not as simple as that
Media coverage of a game theory study of selfishness and evolution overstates the result in the name of catchy headlines ...
In defense of the precautionary principle
Far from the pessimistic, innovation-strangling caricature, precaution actually celebrates the full depth and potential for human agency in knowledge and ...
Activists challenge GMO field trials in Ghana
Debate over seed ownership and the role of foreign influences on agriculture is causing divisions in Ghana ...
Want to live to past the age of 110? It’s all genetics – and luck
There are thought to be up to 400 supercentenarians – people who have made it to 110 and beyond – ...
Would Rosalind Franklin have won a Nobel for her work on viruses?
Best known for her part in discovering the structure of DNA, Franklin also discovered the structure of viruses ...
