Meteorite Impacts Can Cook Up Building Blocks of Life

Meteorite Impacts Can Cook Up Building Blocks of Life

Just as long as they land in water, scientists explain

Watch: Science Video Explains the Fantastic Four

Watch: Science Video Explains the Fantastic Four

The science behind how the superheroes got their powers

Researchers: DNA Influences Political Views, More So in Women

Researchers: DNA Influences Political Views, More So in Women

Study finds evidence genes influence political ideology

Laboratory-Made Fungus Is Part Human

Laboratory-Made Fungus Is Part Human

Scientists create yeast cells carrying human DNA

  • Apple
  • By Alexandra Arici
  • May 6th, 2015
Apple’s Next Big Focus: Your DNA

Apple’s Next Big Focus: Your DNA

Upcoming iPhone apps might help test your genetic material

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 23rd, 2015
World First: Scientists Genetically Modify Lab-Made Human Embryos

World First: Scientists Genetically Modify Lab-Made Human Embryos

The technique they used to edit the DNA of the human embryos could pave the way for the engineering of designer babies

An Honest Talk About Cloning: The Good, the Bad, the Science of It All

An Honest Talk About Cloning: The Good, the Bad, the Science of It All

Cloning experiments are becoming increasingly common these days, is this something we should worry about?

  • History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 6th, 2015
Neanderthal DNA Samples Recovered from Millennia-Old Calcified Skeleton

Neanderthal DNA Samples Recovered from Millennia-Old Calcified Skeleton

The skeleton, known as the Altamura Man to anthropologists, is believed to be between 128,000 and 187,000 years old

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 25th, 2015
Woolly Mammoth DNA Successfully Inserted in Living Elephant Cells

Woolly Mammoth DNA Successfully Inserted in Living Elephant Cells

The end goal of the experiments is to figure out a way to use genetic engineering to bring woolly mammoths back to life

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 17th, 2015
Scientists Get Busy Trying to Clone a Woolly Mammoth, No Joke

Scientists Get Busy Trying to Clone a Woolly Mammoth, No Joke

This Monday, the researchers working on this project collected bone tissue samples from a mammoth corpse found in 2013

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 20th, 2015
Human DNA Used to Grow Mice with Abnormally Large Brains

Human DNA Used to Grow Mice with Abnormally Large Brains

Because this is what everybody wants, have Pinky and the Brain come to life and actually try to take over the world

Everlasting Synthetic Fossils to Store Data for Posterity

Everlasting Synthetic Fossils to Store Data for Posterity

This way, we can leave time capsules for later generations

Watch: Meet the 5 Most Important Molecules in Your Body

Watch: Meet the 5 Most Important Molecules in Your Body

Our bodies are essentially a melting pot of chemical compounds, here are the ones we simply could not do without

Ancient Viruses That We Carry in Our Body Likely Make Us Smarter

Ancient Viruses That We Carry in Our Body Likely Make Us Smarter

Study finds millions of years old inherited viruses are probably to thank for our dynamic, multifaceted brain

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 12th, 2014
Chickens and Turkeys Are Closely Related to Dinosaurs, Researchers Say

Chickens and Turkeys Are Closely Related to Dinosaurs, Researchers Say

Scientists look at the genetic makeup of these species, find they are more closely related to dinosaurs than other birds

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 9th, 2014
Original Spark of Life on Earth Recreated in Laboratory Conditions, Possibly

Original Spark of Life on Earth Recreated in Laboratory Conditions, Possibly

Scientists use laser to ignite a series of chemical reactions, end up creating the molecular building blocks of life

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 5th, 2014
DNA Discoverer's Nobel Prize Gold Medal Sells for Record $4.76M (€3.85M)

DNA Discoverer's Nobel Prize Gold Medal Sells for Record $4.76M (€3.85M)

The Nobel medal, awarded to molecular biologist James Watson in 1962, was auctioned off this past December 5

 
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