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99.7% sure says one scientist but others hedge: A distant watery planet possibly brimming with life
"These are the first hints we are seeing of an alien world that is possibly inhabited," [Nikku Madhusudhan of the ...
Podcast: DNA cancer screening tests are cheap — so why are so few people taking them?
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. Tests for genetic risk factors are inexpensive, and yet many ...
‘We’ve found 1-in-a-million type of cancers’: A common prenatal blood test accidentally identifies rare tumors
An expectant mother's bloodstream doesn't just contain bits of free-floating DNA associated with the fetus. It's also chock full of ...
Podcast: 200 years after the birth of father of genetics Gregor Mendel, scientists unearth his body and sequence his DNA
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, a group of scientists decided ...