DNA

Tech

Complete Human Genome Sequenced for First Time In Major Breakthrough

03.31.22

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Scientists Unveil ‘Unified Genealogy of Modern and Ancient Humans’

02.25.22

By Becky Ferreira
Pulse

Virginia Cops Used Fake DNA Documents to Coerce Confessions

01.13.22

By Emma Ockerman
Tech

Less Than 7% of the Human Genome Is Actually Uniquely Human, Study Finds

07.21.21

By Radhamely De Leon
Tech

Newly-Discovered ‘Borg’ DNA Is Unlike Anything Scientists Have Ever Seen

07.15.21

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Astronauts Watched As DNA Repaired Itself In Space, Study Reports

06.30.21

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Scientists Collected Human DNA From the Air In a Breakthrough

03.31.21

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Scientists Create Self-Replicating Chemicals to Help Explain the Origins of Life

03.10.21

By Mordechai Rorvig
Tech

GPU and Machine Learning Identify Spots on DNA That Are Likely to Mutate

03.09.21

By Matthew Gault
Pulse

Why Are Prosecutors Keeping a Huge, Secretive DNA Database in Orange County?

02.26.21

By Emma Ockerman
Tech

Scientists Sequenced Million-Year-Old Mammoth DNA, the Most Ancient Ever

02.17.21

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Some Forests Are Covered With Lichens That Love to Fuck, Scientists Discover

01.29.21

By Becky Ferreira

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Life

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Life

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