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Why Are There More Blue-Eyed Alcoholics?
Mental Health

Why Are There More Blue-Eyed Alcoholics?

By Alexandra Ossola

Weird Bed Bug Gets Weirder: Genetics Edition
Diseases

Weird Bed Bug Gets Weirder: Genetics Edition

By Brooke Borel

Real ‘Jurassic World’ Scientist Says We Could Bring Back Dinosaurs As Pets
Dinosaurs

Real ‘Jurassic World’ Scientist Says We Could Bring Back Dinosaurs As Pets

By Mary Beth Griggs

Gene Tests Are Quite Telling – Should You Get One?
Medicine

Gene Tests Are Quite Telling – Should You Get One?

By Alexandra Ossola

Can Two People Repopulate Earth?
Ask Us Anything

Can Two People Repopulate Earth?

By Morgan Kinney

Apple Wants Your DNA
Health

Apple Wants Your DNA

By Alexandra Ossola

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?
Medicine

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?

By Heather Hansman

‘Open Humans’ Wants To Be The Facebook Of Clinical Research
Health

‘Open Humans’ Wants To Be The Facebook Of Clinical Research

By Alexandra Ossola

How A Former Nuclear Missileer Made A Color-Changing Petunia
Science

How A Former Nuclear Missileer Made A Color-Changing Petunia

By Daniel Grushkin

Will Gardeners Buy A Color-Changing GMO Petunia?
Diseases

Will Gardeners Buy A Color-Changing GMO Petunia?

By Brooke Borel

image showing two views of an illustrated face estimate, plus the real person
Science

Modeling Suspects’ Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes

By Francie Diep

Redesigned E. Coli Resists Viruses And Might Make GMOs Safer
Engineering

Redesigned E. Coli Resists Viruses And Might Make GMOs Safer

By Francie Diep

Ancestry.com Reconstructs Genomes Of 19th-Century Couples Using Customers’ DNA
Science

Ancestry.com Reconstructs Genomes Of 19th-Century Couples Using Customers’ DNA

By Francie Diep

In A Face-To-Face GMO Debate, The “For” Side Wins
Agriculture

In A Face-To-Face GMO Debate, The “For” Side Wins

By Francie Diep

It’s Official: Skeleton Found Under Parking Lot Is Richard III
Archaeology

It’s Official: Skeleton Found Under Parking Lot Is Richard III

By Mary Beth Griggs

How Supercomputing Is Cracking The Mysteries Of Human Origins
Technology

How Supercomputing Is Cracking The Mysteries Of Human Origins

By Andrew Rosenblum

USDA Approves A Genetically Modified Potato With Possible Health Benefits
Engineering

USDA Approves A Genetically Modified Potato With Possible Health Benefits

By Francie Diep

Kitty DNA Shows Cats Have Evolved To Learn From Treats
Evolution

Kitty DNA Shows Cats Have Evolved To Learn From Treats

By Francie Diep

A Genetic Mutation Renders One Family Unable To Sweat
Health

A Genetic Mutation Renders One Family Unable To Sweat

By Loren Grush

Previous Sex Partners’ Semen Can Influence Fly Offspring
Science

Previous Sex Partners’ Semen Can Influence Fly Offspring

By Loren Grush

Infant Possibilities
Health

Infant Possibilities

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

DNA Sequencing Diagnoses Boy’s Mysterious Bacterial Disease
Diseases

DNA Sequencing Diagnoses Boy’s Mysterious Bacterial Disease

By Francie Diep

What We Can Learn From Humans Who Don’t Age
Health

What We Can Learn From Humans Who Don’t Age

By Francie Diep

This Microchip Heart Has A Rare Genetic Disease
Health

This Microchip Heart Has A Rare Genetic Disease

By Francie Diep

Hunting For The Genetic Secret To A Rare Disease
Health

Hunting For The Genetic Secret To A Rare Disease

By Francie Diep

Enjoy The Feeling Of Adderall? You May Be Less Likely To Develop ADHD
Psychology

Enjoy The Feeling Of Adderall? You May Be Less Likely To Develop ADHD

By Douglas Main

Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?
Animals

Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?

By Francie Diep

In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome
Engineering

In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome

By Francie Diep

How Nutrition In One Generation Can Change The Genetics Of The Next
Diabetes

How Nutrition In One Generation Can Change The Genetics Of The Next

By Francie Diep

The Scent Of Your Earwax May Yield Valuable Information
Health

The Scent Of Your Earwax May Yield Valuable Information

By Francie Diep

Finding What Puts The Heat In Hot Peppers
Science

Finding What Puts The Heat In Hot Peppers

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Breeding For High Milk Production Created Less-Fertile Cows
Agriculture

Breeding For High Milk Production Created Less-Fertile Cows

By Francie Diep

Humans May Have Fewer Genes Than Worms
Science

Humans May Have Fewer Genes Than Worms

By Douglas Main

Genetics In The Caribbean Show Marks Of Atlantic Slave Trade
Health

Genetics In The Caribbean Show Marks Of Atlantic Slave Trade

By Francie Diep

How A Gene For Fair Skin Spread Across India
Science

How A Gene For Fair Skin Spread Across India

By Francie Diep

Women’s Breasts Age Way Faster Than The Rest Of Their Bodies
Biology

Women’s Breasts Age Way Faster Than The Rest Of Their Bodies

By Shaunacy Ferro

The Case Of The Girl Who Couldn’t Feel Pain
Science

The Case Of The Girl Who Couldn’t Feel Pain

By Francie Diep

Irradiated Seeds Combat World’s Most Serious Wheat Disease
Agriculture

Irradiated Seeds Combat World’s Most Serious Wheat Disease

By Francie Diep

New Evidence: When Did Humanity’s Last Common Male And Female Ancestors Live?
Evolution

New Evidence: When Did Humanity’s Last Common Male And Female Ancestors Live?

By Francie Diep

Help Scientists Solve Mysteries Of The Brain By Watching Worms Lay Eggs
Science

Help Scientists Solve Mysteries Of The Brain By Watching Worms Lay Eggs

By Francie Diep

What’s Next For Gene Patenting?
Science

What’s Next For Gene Patenting?

By Francie Diep

Scientists Find One Gene Responsible For All White Tigers
Science

Scientists Find One Gene Responsible For All White Tigers

By Francie Diep

Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains
Diseases

Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains

By Rebecca Boyle

New Gene Therapy Braces T Cells Against HIV
Health

New Gene Therapy Braces T Cells Against HIV

By Clay Dillow

How Genetics Is Perfecting The Christmas Tree
Science

How Genetics Is Perfecting The Christmas Tree

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: What Makes Hair Curly?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: What Makes Hair Curly?

By Daniel Engber

Are People Getting Dumber? One Geneticist Thinks So
Evolution

Are People Getting Dumber? One Geneticist Thinks So

By Rebecca Boyle

Where will the next pandemic come from?
Diseases

Where will the next pandemic come from?

By David Quammen

After Pregnancy, Many Women Have Bits Of Male DNA In Their Brains
Biology

After Pregnancy, Many Women Have Bits Of Male DNA In Their Brains

By Colin Lecher

One Gene Lays The Blueprint for A Cheetah’s Spots And A Tabby Cat’s Stripes
Cats

One Gene Lays The Blueprint for A Cheetah’s Spots And A Tabby Cat’s Stripes

By Rebecca Boyle

Viral Gene Therapy Gives Non-Smelling Mice the Ability to Smell
Health

Viral Gene Therapy Gives Non-Smelling Mice the Ability to Smell

By Rebecca Boyle

Light-Activated Muscle Could Make Robots Move Like Real Creatures
Technology

Light-Activated Muscle Could Make Robots Move Like Real Creatures

By Rebecca Boyle

Strong Hands and Voice Pitch Really Are Signs of Fertility
Science

Strong Hands and Voice Pitch Really Are Signs of Fertility

By Jennifer Abbasi

Using DNA to Track the Spread of Bedbugs
Insects

Using DNA to Track the Spread of Bedbugs

By Brooke Borel

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools
Medicine

Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools

By Rebecca Boyle

Suntory Creates Mythical Blue (Or, Um, Lavender-ish) Rose
Science

Suntory Creates Mythical Blue (Or, Um, Lavender-ish) Rose

By Dan Nosowitz

New Genome Editing Method Helps Scientists Rewrite Whole Sections of the Code of Life
Health

New Genome Editing Method Helps Scientists Rewrite Whole Sections of the Code of Life

By Rebecca Boyle

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries
Agriculture

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries

By Rebecca Boyle

Government Says Biotech Companies Can Be Their Own Safety Testers
Technology

Government Says Biotech Companies Can Be Their Own Safety Testers

By Rebecca Boyle

Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction
Agriculture

Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction

By Rebecca Boyle

How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber
Animals

How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber

By Rebecca Boyle

Snake With Clawed Foot Found In China
Environment

Snake With Clawed Foot Found In China

By Stuart Fox

Why Does War Breed More Boys?
Science

Why Does War Breed More Boys?

By Laura Allen

DNA and a New Kind of Racial Profiling
Science

DNA and a New Kind of Racial Profiling

By Jessica Snyder Sachs