Archeology
Homo sapiens interbred with other species 47,000 years ago
A new genetic analysis has revealed how the DNA of an extinct species crept into our Homo sapiens bloodstream.
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Humanity 100 million years later: An evolutionary journey beyond imagination!
When you look up at the stars, have you ever thought about what Earth will look like in 100 million years? How will people live at that time?
Health
First successful pig liver transplant to a living person
Chinese scientists have just successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig liver into a 71-year-old man with right lobe liver cancer.
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Papua New Guineans have 5% of their 'superhuman' genes from other humans
The ratio of human genes is extremely different
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Why do mammals usually have 5 fingers?
The common five-finger structure in mammals may be due to a common ancestor, but experts have yet to find the exact reason.
Biology
How to distinguish Ngoc Linh ginseng and Lai Chau ginseng
Vietnamese scientists recently sequenced genes to distinguish between Lai Chau and Ngoc Linh ginseng to avoid confusion and counterfeiting.
Archeology
Japanese people carry DNA from 3 different human species
A study based on more than 3,200 modern Japanese human gene sequences has found genetic elements inherited from two extinct human species.
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The secret to helping tardigrades resist radiation
Researchers found that tardigrades have the ability to repair DNA damaged by gamma radiation or X-rays.
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Why are some people left-handed?
10% of the population prefers to write with their left hand, proving that the ramifications of the human brain are still a mystery.
Conquer Mars
If we want to live on Mars, why do humans need to breed with creatures that have existed on Earth for 530 million years?
Settlers on Mars or any planet other than Earth may need to transform themselves into them
Biology
Successfully made shoes and leather wallets from... bacteria
British researchers have successfully genetically modified Komagataeibacter bacteria to create a type of skin
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Why do cancer cells kill their hosts while when the host dies, they also die?
Creating cancer cells is a very complex process, requiring the coordination of many factors and the accumulation of many mutations to eventually form cancer.
Health
'Decoding' the origin of multiple sclerosis
New research shows that the migration of ancient people in Eurasia may have influenced the risk of many diseases of modern Europeans...
Life
The girl has an extremely rare disease, 'one in a billion'
Little girl Faith, 5 years old, has a rare genetic mutation that causes her to suffer from many diseases at the same time. It is considered a case that only occurs in ov…
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Detection of gene variation that leads to left-handedness
Researchers identified rare variants of a gene involved in controlling cell shape and found that the number of this gene variant was 2.7 times higher in left-handed peop…