Genetics
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Kevin Schurer and Turi King of the University of Leicester explain a mitochondrial DNA analysis confirming with almost 100% certainty that the bones found under a car park in Leicester are those of King Richard III
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Tests on descendants of last Plantagenet king point to ‘false paternity event’ and reveal he may have been blue-eyed blond
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The Google-backed genotyping service can screen for common genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anaemia
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US scientist wants to ‘re-enter public life’ after being shunned for seven years over his comment linking race and intelligence
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GrrlScientist: Today, I share my first impressions of books about how human use of toxic chemicals is affecting evolution, how modern humans came into being after the human-chimp split, and the ethics of everyday life.
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This smart, slippery play about genetics and motherhood keeps the audience at bay with its self-conscious mannerisms, writes Lyn Gardner
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Have your say on why surveillance stories haven’t led to a bigger upswing in steps to protect privacy, and other stories
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What do the latest studies into sexual orientation reveal? Plus, can we win the fight against Ebola in West Africa, and what threat does the virus really pose to people in Europe and the US?
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First, he identified how cells transport and secrete proteins. Now, as he tells Zoë Corbyn, he aims to take on the ‘elite’ science journals
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A woman finds out she has two sets of DNA – and her son is really her nephew – in a new play about genetics and motherhood by Deborah Stein and Suli Holum. Catherine Love reports
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Tori Herridge: Instead of the romantic idea of bringing an ice age animal back to life, shouldn’t we put our best efforts into saving endangered elephants?
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Identifying the geographic origin of malaria outbreaks could help prevent and speed up the eradication of the disease, write Taane Clark and Cally Roper
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Key differences between wild and domesticated cats include changes in genes associated with reward and pleasure
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GrrlScientist: This week, I share my initial impressions of three wonderful hot-off-the-presses science books that just arrived in the mail; two books are about genetics and one is a diary by a citizen scientist
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Author who blends DNA research with personal stories to examine how people inherit their family’s experiences says understanding how history has shaped you is empowering, writes Johanna Leggatt
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New smartphone is one of today’s tech talking points, along with Oculus VR, WhatsApp, iPhones in Iran and giant robots. By Stuart Dredge
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Narendra Modi gives examples of Karna and Ganesha to support view that cosmetic surgery and reproductive genetics used thousands of years ago
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Do the benefits of creating enhanced viruses to study transmissibility and virulence outweigh the risks? Virologist Wendy Barclay and epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch debate this controversial question
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Parents of baby with fatal mitochondrial disease say techniques being considered by select committee could prevent them having another seriously ill child
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Dances of deception to sensual strategies, suggest your songs from the viewpoint of pursuer or pursued in this week’s sexy topic, says Peter Kimpton
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Targeted cancer therapies are like heat-seeking missiles programmed to find and attack cancer but leave healthy cells alone
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Counterintuitive effect may be the result of relatively few men mating with multiple women
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Mixture of hunter-gatherers and farmers was augmented by third wave of migrants, perhaps 5,000 years ago, from north Eurasia
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Alice Roberts combines embryology, genetics, anatomy, evolution and zoology to tell the incredible story of the human body, writes Adam Rutherford
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Alice Roberts: It has been a long journey of scientific discovery from Aristotle to epigenetics – and it's not over yet
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Luigi Palombi: The Australian federal court ruled that isolated human genetic material can be patented. The US supreme court disagrees – and the Americans got it exactly right
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New research claims that environmental factors can affect the genes of our offspring. Diabetes, obesity – even certain phobias – may be influenced by our forebears. By Angela Saini
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Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari says expensive human enhancements will lead to a society more unequal than ever
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Scientists modify E coli genes to produce gas that can power cars and heat homes
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First of its kind CSI-style technique to gather genetic material from animals could help track plight of endangered species
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The UK's most popular pedigree dog is to have its genome sequenced. The results will provide a poweful tool in fighting canine diseases, writes Robin McKie
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Dean Burnett: Doctor Who is about to return. The Doctor has always had superior cognitive abilities, but what is the neuroscience that could explain this?
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Species now thought to have held out alongside modern humans in Europe for thousands of years but extent of mixing is unclear
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Proof-of-principle experiment shows gene-editing can be used to prevent muscle wasting in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
He may have unravelled DNA, but James Watson deserves to be shunned