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Research Finds That Genes May Account For Only 50% Of Human Intelligence
New research shows that half of human intelligence can be attributed to genes. A forthcoming issue of Molecular Psychiatry also showed that a multitude of genes, rather than a single gene, contributes...
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This Simple Contraption Could Be The First Invention Patented By New York City
It doesn't look like much: Yarn tied together with string that is wrapped around a stick. But this contraption could be New York City's first ever patented invention, according to Alexander Holz at...
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Japan And Russia Are Trying To Genetically Engineer A Woolly Mammoth
Japanese and Russian scientists are going to try to bring a woolly mammoth back from extinction. AFP reports that the scientists will replace the nuclei of elephant egg cells with DNA from a mammoth...
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How Much Dopamine Is Too Much For a Trader?
Some on the Street like to talk about how making money is "in their DNA." But it's always surprising to see what turns up when real scientists actually look at traders' chromosomes. In the latest such...
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Sergey Brin's Wife Is Hiring A Marketing Team For Her Gene Startup
Anne Wojcicki, aka Sergey Brin's wife, told us in an interview she is gathering a marketing team for her gene startup. 23andMe asks people to send in spit samples in a tube to build a crowdsourced...
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Now You Can Blame Your Parents For Making You A Shopaholic
One of the greatest talents shopaholics have in common is the ability to convince themselves that whatever it is they're about to put on their credit card is somehow worth it: I've earned this. Fate...
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DOING THE UNDOABLE: We Need To Address The Full Implications Of Genetics
I was talking to a friend recently, discussing book titles that both seemed to sum up their main point and, at the same time, were evocative, the kind of title that catches your eye and your mind....
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The Courts Will Soon Decide If Police Can Sample Your DNA Without A Warrant
U.S. courts will soon decide whether Americans can have the expectation of privacy over their DNA, reports Kate Moser at the Recorder. Michael Risher of the ACLU of Northern California is challenging...
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This New Technology Will Make DNA Sequencing Affordable
Ever since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, researchers have been striving to make this laborious task cheaper and easier. Genomes, and the DNA they are made of, are critically important...
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How Researchers Could Decode Your Genes In 15 Minutes
The idea behind the Oxford Nanopore DNA sequencing systems – both the USB-key MinION and the workhorse GridION — seem pretty simple: Guide a strand of DNA through a tiny hole and use the electrical...
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What Cheap Genome Sequencing Means For The Future Of Medicine
The human genome has been heralded as the key to personalized medicine, but for the longest time complete sequencing of human genomes has been too expensive for everyday clinical use. This led...
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Low IQ May Just Be Bad Luck, Not Bad Genes
Intellectual disability affects 1 to 3 percent of children worldwide, half of whom are born to parents of normal intelligence. Researchers have discovered that most of these cases of "sporadic...
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These Are The Trippy New Species Researchers Discovered In Borneo
A recent expedition to the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia turned up some trippy species: bioluminescent mushrooms, stalk-eyed flies, jumping spiders and a pitcher plant that doubles as a toilet...
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New DNA Study Crushes The Hope Of A Real Life Jurassic Park
In August, Clive Palmer, an insanely rich and slightly crazy Australian mining magnate, announced he wanted to build a real life Jurassic Park. Sadly, news out today in the journal Proceedings of the...
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Identical Twins Might Not Actually Have Identical DNA
Identical twins may not be so identical after all. Even though identical twins supposedly share all of their DNA, they acquire hundreds of genetic changes early in development that could set them on...
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This Is A Picture Of A Strand Of DNA
DNA, we are taught early on, is colorful.The building block of life is not just a whirligig-like twist, its purines and pyrimidines neatly paired and labeled; it is also an explosion of primary reds...
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Magicians need to resort to trick props to pull a rabbit out of a hat.But we pulled DNA out of a banana with nothing more than a few household ingredients during a Scientific American Google Hangout on...
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Plans To Study Adam Lanza's DNA Splits The Scientific Community
In a rare and now controversial investigation, scientists have been asked by Connecticut's medical examiner to study Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza's DNA — but the DNA community doesn't think that's...
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At-Home DNA Testing Kit Saves Woman's Life
For the price of a night out, individuals can learn key elements of their genetic composition from new DNA testing kit for booming private genetic testing market.For Carole Kushnir, a test that she...
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Breakthrough In Using DNA To Store Digital Data
Scientists in Britain on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in the quest to turn DNA into a revolutionary form of data storage.A speck of man-made DNA can hold mountains of data that can be...
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