Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the 'dawn of civilization'

Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the ‘dawn of civilization’

Brian Colwell | 
The history of biotechnology shows how humans have been manipulating nature for our benefit for a long time—and how modern ...
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Mask wars: History repeats itself more than a century after the Spanish flu

Becky Little | 
In the United States, where [the Spanish flu] ultimately killed around 675,000 people, local governments rolled out initiatives to try ...
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Podcast: Tracing humanity’s roots: uncovering history and genetic diversity in Africa

We explore the genetic diversity in the birthplace of humanity and discover the cultural and historical stories written in the ...
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Podcast: Twisted history—The true story of how the DNA double helix was discovered

Gareth Williams, Kat Arney | 
There's more to the story of the double helix than Watson and Crick. We unwind history to uncover some of ...
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Podcast: Bird poop, pus, and the Manhattan project—the surprising origins of the genetic alphabet

Kat Arney | 
Kat Arney explores the origins of the genetic alphabet: A, C, T and G - the four 'letters' that spell ...
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Podcast: The untold story of Edith Rebecca Saunders—’mother of British plant genetics’

Kat Arney | 
We unearth the story of Edith Rebecca Saunders, co-founder of The Genetics Society and the ‘mother of British plant genetics’ ...
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Much more than an ‘itchy pest’: Mosquitoes have played a major role in human history

Emily Toomey, Timothy Winegard | 
Fifty-two billion people—almost half of the cumulative human population—are thought to have perished at the hands of a creature no ...
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Podcast: Did a legendary train ride really lead to the rediscovery of Mendel’s laws?

Kat Arney | 
A Victorian scientist's train ride to London leads to the rediscovery of Mendel's laws of inheritance, Nice story, but is ...
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Podcast: What would have happened if Darwin and Mendel had been on Twitter?

Dan Mead, Greg Radick, Kat Arney | 
Where would we be now if Darwin and Mendel had been on Twitter? ...
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Colonial warfare: Were smallpox-infected blankets given to Native Americans?

Patrick Kiger | 
North American colonists’ warfare against Native Americans often was horrifyingly brutal. But one method they appear to have used shocks even more ...
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What can sequencing da Vinci’s genome teach us about genius?

Meredith Knight | 
A team of scientists wants to sequence Leonardo da Vinci’s genome using DNA taken from his works of art and ...
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Genetic analysis shows lasting effects of caste system on health of modern Indians

Andrew Porterfield | 
Modern genetic analysis shows that India's caste system still has a significant affect on the health and biology of modern ...
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