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Tech

One of Earth’s Largest Living Organisms Is About to Have Its Genome Sequenced

09.26.17

By Kate Lunau
Tech

Ancient Ritually Sacrificed Stallions Reveal How Humans Changed Horse Genetics

04.27.17

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Dental Plaque Reveals Some Neanderthals Devoured Rhinos, Others Nibbled on Moss

03.08.17

By Becky Ferreira
Health

The Quest to Create a Strain of Super Quinoa

02.09.17

By AC Shilton
Food

Hacking Quinoa DNA Could Help Solve Our Food Security Crisis

02.09.17

By Daisy Meager
Tech

Scientists Find Genetic Clues As to How Male Seahorses Get Pregnant

12.18.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

Scientists Just Isolated the First Full Zika DNA Sequence in Semen

10.13.16

By Meredith Rutland Bauer
Tech

Accessible Synthetic Biology Raises New Concerns for DIY Biological Warfare

08.23.16

By Joseph Neighbor
Tech

New Research Helps Explain Why Giraffes Have Such Long Necks

05.17.16

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

Canada’s Insurance Companies Want All Your Genetic Information

05.13.16

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

A Brief History of Genome Island, Second Life’s First Genetics Lab

04.24.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Newly Sequenced Tardigrade Genome Shows They’re Even Weirder Than We Thought

11.23.15

By Victoria Turk

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike