Life
Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?
So you're an alien seeding primordial Earth with life. Like any creator, you sign your work. Now we may have found that signature – in the genetic code
Features
Health
Humans and birds share the same singing genes
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Earth
Warming won’t give emperor penguins happy feet
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Health
Loops and folds of our DNA to shed light on disease
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Health
I want to print personalised cancer drugs in a day
Opinion
Health
Genetic analysis confirms Richard III skeleton find
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Life
Synthetic enzymes hint at life without DNA or RNA
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Space
Finding aliens harder now we know DNA survives space
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Health
Watch a tapeworm squirm through a living man’s brain
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Humans
Gay gene discovery has good and bad implications
The finding that male homosexuality has a strong genetic component should be a boon for gay rights – but it could backfire
Opinion
Health
Largest study of gay brothers homes in on ‘gay genes’
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Health
Cells act like old tape recorders to monitor health
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Health
No magic gene behind supercentenarians’ longevity
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Monster cancer chromosome is made from shattered DNA
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