How embryo selection exploits our flawed intuitions about risk ~science statistics medicine Article 2571 words 17 votes
New DNA map of the pistachio could create better varieties ~food Article 543 words, published Mar 20 2025 9 votes
Genetic variant tied to doubled dementia risk for older men ~health.mental Article 410 words 14 votes
23andMe sells its most valuable asset to biotech company Regeneron, which promises to keep your DNA private ~finance business Link 43 votes
Nearly a century of happiness research indicates that social interactions are most significant ~health.mental Article 4007 words 13 votes
Those dire wolves aren’t an amazing scientific breakthrough. They’re a disturbing symbol of where we’re heading. ~science biology Article 1557 words 35 votes
How population stratification led to a decade of sensationally false genetic findings ~science Article 3690 words 15 votes
Sociogenomics, a new scientific field is changing the understanding of how and why people develop the specific ways that they do ~science biology Article 2802 words 13 votes
Hatching a conspiracy: an antitrust lawyer writes about the consolidation of ownership of chicken genetics and egg production ~food Link 9 votes
Roman with Scandinavian ancestry lived in Britain between AD100 and AD300, long before the Anglo-Saxons or Vikings arrived research shows ~humanities.history Article 684 words 9 votes
Book review: Eric Turkheimer's "Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate" ~science Article 4434 words 10 votes
DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were ~humanities.history Article 1047 words 17 votes
Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway's Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text ~humanities.history Article 18 votes
High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil ~science Article 580 words 14 votes
Pioneering studies show promise in sequencing a baby’s genome at birth ~health medicine Article 2109 words 16 votes
New candidate genes for human male infertility found by analyzing gorillas' unusual reproductive system ~science biology Article 769 words 7 votes
I watched fifteen hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to ~health Article 12 171 words 30 votes
Analysis of Ludwig van Beethoven’s DNA revealed that he had a low genetic predisposition for musical ability ~music Article 794 words 10 votes
Ancient Beat - the newsletter of ancient history - celebrates its 100th Issue ~humanities.history Link 6 votes
Montana man, 80, pleads guilty to creating giant mutant hybrid bighorns ~science biology Article 728 words 35 votes
Two waves of mass death hit prehistoric Denmark, with farmers wiping out hunter-gatherers and pastoralists later wiping out the farmers, genetic study reveals ~humanities.history Link 15 votes
It's fair to describe schizophrenia as probably mostly genetic ~health.mental Article 2850 words 18 votes
The case of Donnie Moss ~books nsfw fiction science fiction Video 10:01, published Dec 16 2009 6 votes
The genetic heritage of the Denisovans may have left its mark on our mental health ~science biology Article 964 words 16 votes
Long presumed to have no heads at all, sea stars may be nothing but ~science biology.marine Article 1542 words 25 votes
Scientists in Sweden have succeeded in extracting and sequencing RNA molecules from an extinct species, a century old Tasmanian tiger known as a thylacine ~science biology Article 321 words 16 votes
Marriage between cousins and extended family members may soon be banned in Norway ~life relationships family Article 376 words 26 votes
Ancient Beat - A weekly newsletter about developments in the study of the ancient world ~humanities.history Article 896 words 9 votes
Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago ~science biology anthropology Article 668 words 51 votes
New amphibian family tree a leap forward in understanding frogs, shows they evolved tens of millions of years later than previously thought ~science biology Article 602 words 10 votes
Scientists release the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome ~science biology Article 1742 words 19 votes
The Pictish Problem - Genetics of Scotland ~humanities.history Video 36:04, published Aug 15 2023 18 votes
Is this the protein plant of the future? New study finds ‘sweetness gene’ that makes lupins tastier ~food Article 652 words 16 votes
The vanishing family: They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a cruel genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age ~health Article 7660 words, published Jul 20 2023 29 votes