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Can create life!
Biology

Can create life!

DNA is like a guide to biological life. Each species has a unique set of instructions, ie genes. Long ago, the home

December 17, 2018
Modern Doping
Biology

Modern Doping

Finnish athlete Eero Mäntyranta won all this medal at another Olympics from 1960 to 1972. Scientists only found a secret trace of success 20 years later.

December 17, 2018
Knock off DNA to keep the viral gene inside
Biology

Knock off DNA to keep the viral gene inside

High resolution analysis shows a strange twist of DNA that can hold the viral gene inside a shell, waiting for the opportunity to spread into the host.

December 17, 2018
Secret decoding of diversity in dogs
Biology

Secret decoding of diversity in dogs

What makes a pointy hunting dog point in the direction of the prey, causing the shepherd to pack sheep into herds and make a retriever find and bring the animal back? Wh…

December 17, 2018
No sexual reproduction but still gene exchange
Biology

No sexual reproduction but still gene exchange

From where do we have our own genome? If it is an animal, a gene comes from a parent's conception, and that's it. There is no subsequent combination of DNA unless we hav…

December 17, 2018
Gene the extinct tiger
Biology

Gene the extinct tiger

70 years after the tiger tiger had a Tasmanian extinction, its DNA was made by Australian scientists

December 17, 2018
DNA is the focal point of reproductive activity
Biology

DNA is the focal point of reproductive activity

According to a new study published by Imperial biologist in PNAS in April, there is one type of wild yeast every 1,000 generations of asexual reproduction that exists in…

December 17, 2018