Humans
How the living world was changed, by the woman who changed it
CRISPR gene editing has delivered on its every scientific promise. Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg's book gives a generous account of this towering achievement
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Humans
We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago
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Health
Why your real age may be older – or younger – than your years
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Health
DNA variants that are bad for health may also make you stupid
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Future forensics: Harnessing the spirit of Sherlock Holmes
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Health
23andMe DNA test for Alzheimer’s risk approved for sale in US
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Health
Mosaic problem stands in the way of gene editing embryos
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Humans
Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers
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Humans
Subway chicken row shows faith in food is still a battleground
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Life
First hint of how DNA calculators could supercharge computing
A machine made of DNA offers a new concept for a non-deterministic universal Turing machine that could solve problems faster than existing computers
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Health
Gene therapy ‘cures’ boy of blood disease that affects millions
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Environment
Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever
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Environment
Rare ‘baby dragons’ discovered in five new caves thanks to DNA
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Environment
End of species extinctions is in sight as we bring animals back
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