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Optimism or pessimism are caused by genes
If you always feel pessimistic, maybe your father and mother are the cause because they have passed on a gene that determines this.
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Black wolf is the first genetically modified predator
Way through the trees or through the snow, wolves have come to legend with white, gray or even black legs in North America.
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Hunger when drinking alcohol is inherited
Finnish scientists have found a reason why some people become aggressive when drinking a lot of alcohol, while many others just quietly go to sleep.
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Charming smile is hereditary
One study showed a way to show smiles programmed in the gene, so someone who owns the smile is charming but many people can cause feelings of laughter when smiling.
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Making butanol from plants
As a chemical for industrial processes, butanol is used in everything from oil brakes, paint thinners, to plastics.
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Boys or girls depend on their father
A Newcastle University study with the participation of thousands of families is a solution for parents about whether they have a son or a daughter.
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The expression of emotion is innate
The expression of emotions depends on our genes, according to a new study. This study identifies that the expression of emotions is innate, not a product of learning.
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Double rice production in drought areas
Research at the University of Alberta has succeeded in doubling rice production in some of the poorest and most degraded areas in the world.
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It is not just the change of weather that causes the leaves to fall
A falling leaf often causes the poet's eyes to vibrate, but scientists also wonder about what causes leaves to fall.
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The diet of pregnant women increases the risk of asthma in children
Pregnant maternal mice have a diet rich in methyl-containing additives, such as folic acid, and pups will have more respiratory allergies than mice with maternal mice th…
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Genes are related to problems in love and marriage
Scientists at the Karolinska Research Institute have recently discovered a link between a particular gene and the relationship of couples.
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Why do birds sing in the spring?
A group of scientists from England and Japan have discovered why birds start singing when spring comes.
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Generous programming in genes?
Is it genetically generous? A team of researchers, including Dr. Ariel Knafo of the Department of Physics at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, believes that this may be a…
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Human economic choices are influenced by genes
An international team of researchers has for the first time demonstrated the effect of genes on human behavioral choices and economic decisions through an experiment wit…
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Why do some people not learn the language that has the tone?
Although very hard, some Westerners never speak Chinese or Japanese. British researchers have discovered that some genes play an important role in learning tonal languag…