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Extinct giant bird DNA recovered from fossil eggs
DNA from a 19,000-year-old emu eggshell has been isolated – the first time such a feat has been pulled off
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Life
New DNA technique gives names to the unknown dead
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Humans
Women with good genes may have more sexual partners
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Environment
Lapdogs are Middle Eastern
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Health
Sight savers: New weapons trained on blindness
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Humans
Desmond Tutu leads way for southern African genomes
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Life
Life’s code rewritten in four-letter words
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Cut-price DNA test ignites genetic discrimination fears
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Life
Genetic code 2.0: Life gets a new operating system
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Chromosome caps presage the brain’s decline
The length of telomeres – stretches of DNA that get shorter as cells divide – may predict a decline in our cognitive abilities as we age
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A gene for Alzheimer’s makes you smarter
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Stop patents on diagnostic genes, says US panel
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Did rice wine lead to flushed faces in Asia?
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Life
I, virus: Why you’re only half human
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