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There's new evidence of how our DNA shapes depression and other disorders...
Scientists are uncovering promising links between specific parts of our DNA and a range of disorders such as anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.As with any disease, having certain...
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Volunteers are swallowing E. coli bacteria pills to help medicine
Somewhere in Baltimore, volunteers are gulping capsules filled with GMOs—gene-modified E. coli bacteria, to be precise.Synlogic of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company behind the unusual study, is...
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A biology student made a music video to get extra credit — and now it's going...
Morehouse College professor Dwann Davenport dared students to make a music video about anything from her biology class for extra credit.Julien Turner, who's part of a filmmaking duo, took up the...
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I tested my dog's DNA and learned she's not even close to the breed I thought
Getting your own DNA tested is so last year.Now you can get a peek inside the genetic makeup of your dog. The method gives a rough estimate (it's not a perfect science), but it offers some intriguing...
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This cardiologist is betting that his lab-grown meat startup can solve the...
Memphis Meats founder Uma Valeti sought out to find an alternative to the meat industry after discovering the brutality and unsanitary conditions behind it.Valeti, a doctor, teamed up with a molecular...
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A surprising number of doctors were undergrad English majors — and it's not...
English majors are surprisingly well-represented in US medical schools.They enroll in med schools at greater rates than applicants coming from science backgrounds.And it's not necessarily the case that...
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Science has determined which pet is smarter, cats or dogs
Researchers studied the cortical neurons in the brains of cats, dogs, and other animals to determine intelligence.The researches believe the number of cortical neurons signifies the richness of an...
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Good news, fellow men: our terrible behavior isn't biological
The belief that men are biologically inclined to be more aggressive and oppressive is false.Men do not need to repress a instinct to be aggressive because it doesn't exist.They are taught from an early...
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People think different kinds of alcohol makes them different kinds of drunk —...
Many people believe that drinking different types of alcoholic drinks affects your mood in different ways.This is a myth because all alcoholic drinks have the same ingredient, ethanol which depresses...
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It's time to stop spreading these popular myths about animals
The animal kingdom is home to one remarkable fact after another.To name a few: Sperm whales can hold their breath for an hour, the most venomous animal on Earth is a snail, and tiny freshwater hydras...
View ArticleScientists finally have an up-close look at the deepest-ever fish
Scientists finally have an up-close look at the deepest-dwelling fish in the world. Several samples of the fish have been brought to the surface for study. Following is the transcript of the...
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Scientists have unveiled a nearly complete skeleton of a 3.6-million-year-old...
South African researchers have put together the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years.The Australopithecus is estimated to be 3.6 million years old.It took the...
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A newly discovered duck-like dinosaur had a neck like a goose's and claws...
A dinosaur newly discovered in Mongolia was most likely semiaquatic, a trait that hadn't been found in dinosaurs before.The finding helps establish a new subfamily of dinosaurs.The creature had a neck...
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A private letter from Darwin detailing his doubts about God just sold at...
Years after Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," he responded to a reader who wanted the biologist to explain whether his theory destroys the argument for an all-creating God.Darwin...
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A 99-million-year-old fossil shows even dinosaurs got bitten by ticks
A new study of a fossil from Burma reveals a tick grasping a dinosaur feather, providing our first evidence that ticks preyed on dinosaurs.Scientists also found a new species of tick — Deinocroton...
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Top Silicon Valley VC Andreessen Horowitz is investing $450 million into biotech
Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is launching a second fund that will focus on biology, investing $450 million. This one, building on the experience a16z has had with its first biofund,...
View ArticleWhy some killer whales have curved fins
Contrary to popular belief, fin collapse doesn't just affect captive whales. Biologists think there are several reasons for the phenomenon. Following is a transcript of the video.Contrary to popular...
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The oldest known fossils show life on Earth began more than 3.5 billion years...
A new analysis of the oldest known microbial fossils revealed that several diverse types of organisms existed more than 3.4 billion years ago.The finding indicates that life first evolved on Earth long...
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Some people are actually allergic to exercise — this is what it's like and...
We don't all have good excuses to get out of exercising.But some people are actually "allergic" to working out.It is called "exercise-induced anaphylaxis," and affects about 2% of people.Doctors think...
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