Humans
Nature more than nurture determines exam success
Genetics influences academic achievement more than upbringing, suggests a study on twins. We find out what this means for our education systems
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Environment
Bubble-blowing humpback whales grouped by genetics
Regulars
Life
Mouse memory inheritance may revitalise Lamarckism
Opinion
Humans
Oldest human genome dug up in Spain’s pit of bones
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Life
Snakes outpacing other vertebrates in race to evolve
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Health
Fear of a smell can be passed down several generations
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Life
Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time
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Health
23andMe ordered to stop selling $99 genetic test
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Fred ‘two Nobels’ Sanger changed the world with DNA
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Health
The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero
Now that genomes that can be sequenced quickly and cheaply, deadly microbes have nowhere to hide from the gene police
Features
Humans
Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome
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Life
Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations
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Environment
Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers
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Health
Written in blood: Your life history in just one drop
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