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DNA A-to-F: Can genes predict if kids will succeed in school?
[Social scientist Ben] Domingue and his colleagues found that [a] polygenic score could help identify which groups of high schoolers ...
Human blood suckers: How nature’s tiniest killer developed its deadly diet
Although most of the roughly 3,500 mosquito species don’t feed on human blood, the Aedes aegypti is one of the worst. Its ...
3 experimental vaccines could be ‘game changer’ for HIV treatment
The global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus is poised to make important advances thanks to three experimental HIV vaccines ...
Fossilized ape pelvis suggests human ancestors walked upright much earlier than previously thought
Scientists have long thought that humans evolved from an ape that moved about on all fours like a chimpanzee, and ...
‘Live life to the fullest’: Should autism research shift away from the search for a cure and focus on wellness?
“There’s no cure for autism and anybody who tries to sell you a cure is lying,” [Lizzie] Acevedo, a single ...
Patient death prompts new rules for fecal transplants: ‘Why weren’t these guidelines already in place?’
In June [2019], after a patient died and another was sickened from a fecal transplant that contained drug-resistant bacteria, the ...
HPV vaccine better than expected at shielding against cancer. Why are anti-vaxxers fighting it?
New research shows that the HPV vaccine is exceeding expectations in protecting individuals from HPV infection and precancerous cells. ...
23andMe harnesses ‘massive’ genetic database for medical research
23andMe is well known for its DNA kits that promise to shed light on a person's ancestral history and potential ...
How human evolution—and racism—could be altered by climate change
Evidence suggests that a warming planet could melt away differences between human races — or population groups, as scientists more ...
98: That’s how many humans it would take to start over on another planet
Are we too vulnerable to asteroid strikes and other cataclysms to stick with our single planet? … Frédéric Marin is ...
