Humans
Evolution’s detectives: Closing in on missing links
Technology is taking the guesswork out of finding evolution's turning points, from the first fish with legs to our own recent forebears
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Environment
Chinese pig farms breed drug-resistant bacteria
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Earth
DNA tests can prevent the next horsemeat scandal
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Health
Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs
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Life
Open Richard III DNA evidence for peer review
Opinion
Life
Genes mix across borders more easily than folk tales
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Environment
Stress can affect future generations’ genes
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Life
DNA privacy: don’t flatter yourself
Opinion
Health
Quadruple helix DNA discovered in human cells
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Life
Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch
A kiss is not just a kiss – it's bacteria, mucus and DNA. And with the discovery that the DNA persists in the mouth for at least an hour, it could be used to identify sex offenders
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Health
Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship
Opinion
Health
Matching names to genes: the end of genetic privacy?
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Life
Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story
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Environment
Social antics in ants inherited like sex chromosomes
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