Michael Price
Can scientists keep white nationalists from misusing population genetics research?
Stormfront and similar online forums, as well as the comment sections on “alt-right” news websites and Twitter accounts, regularly host ...
Ancient DNA analysis reveals Botai hunter-gatherers first domesticated horses
[W]ho first domesticated horses is a hotly debated question. One leading hypothesis suggests Bronze Age pastoralists called the Yamnaya were ...
Native American ancestors arrived from Asia in a wave, not a trickle, suggests ancient DNA
A rare smidgen of ancient DNA has sharpened the picture of one of humanity’s greatest migrations. Some 15,000 to 25,000 ...
Is life a ‘cosmic accident’ or do humans have a higher purpose?
Does humanity exist to serve some ultimate, transcendent purpose? Conventional scientific wisdom gives the answer as a definitive no. … According to [physicist Lawrence ...
Recording bees’ buzzing could help farmers identify, count beneficial pollinators
Like jets radioing in their call signs to air traffic control, bees’ buzzing could help scientists know who’s pollinating what ...