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Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle

Life

Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle

Environmental factors such as diet and stress could be affecting how sensitive you are to pain – by retuning your genes

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Fear of a smell can be passed down several generations

Life

Fear of a smell can be passed down several generations

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Pregnant mother's stress affects baby's gut and brain

Life

Pregnant mother's stress affects baby's gut and brain

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Written in blood: Your life history in just one drop

Life

Written in blood: Your life history in just one drop

Features

Women's breasts age faster than the rest of their body

Life

Women's breasts age faster than the rest of their body

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School achievement isn't just in your genes

Life

School achievement isn't just in your genes

Comment

Lack of folic acid echoes through the generations

Health

Lack of folic acid echoes through the generations

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The third factor: Beyond nature and nurture

Life

The third factor: Beyond nature and nurture

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Life

Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light

Opinion

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

Life

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

Exclusive: in a technological breakthrough, the system of gene switches in Neanderthals has been uncovered, allowing us to assess their mental life

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Health

Time-lapse map shows DNA development in growing brain

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Earth

Historic human remains yield epigenetic tags

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Health

Cost of cuts: Austerity's toxic genetic legacy

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Health

What we exhale is unique to us – our 'breathprint'

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