Health
Girls may be more resilient to autism-linked mutations
Among autistic kids, the finding that girls have more of a type of genetic mutation than boys backs up the idea that females are somehow shielded
News
Health
Pancreatic cancer’s killer trick offers treatment hope
News
Life
Origin of organs: Thank viruses for your skin and bone
News
Life
Anti-gay Uganda claims sexual orientation is a choice
Opinion
Health
Testicular time bomb: Older dads’ mutant sperm
Features
Health
Empires and slave-trading left their mark on our genes
News
Life
Ancient genome won’t heal rifts with Native Americans
Opinion
Humans
Ancestry of first Americans revealed by a boy’s genome
News
Life
Tribal healing: Anzick child genome changed my life
Opinion
Humans
‘There is no DNA test to prove you’re Native American’
DNA testing is changing how Native Americans think about tribal membership. Yet anthropologist Kim Tallbear warns that genetic tests are a blunt tool. She tells Linda Geddes why tribal identity is not just a matter of blood ties
Opinion
Life
Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle
News
Humans
Humanity’s forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA
News
Health
Stem cell timeline: The history of a medical sensation
News
Humans
Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility
News