Tag: dna
DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew...
Shai Carmi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harald Ringbauer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
In 2022, we reported...
‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also...
Gavin Naylor, University of Florida
Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written works and art from the ancient...
Identifying fire victims through DNA analysis can be challenging − a...
Anne Stone, Arizona State University
Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the...
Erasing or replacing errors in a patient’s genetic code can treat...
David Liu, Harvard University
Genetic diseases can have devastating consequences for the people who inherit them. In recent years,...
A blood test that screens for multiple cancers at once promises...
Colin Pritchard, University of Washington
Detecting cancer early before it spreads throughout the body can be lifesaving. This is...
By fact-checking Thoreau’s observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old...
Tara K. Miller, Boston University; Abe Miller-Rushing, National Park Service, and Richard B. Primack, Boston University
Henry David Thoreau,...
Our Homo sapiens ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and...
Joshua Akey, Princeton University
When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years...
Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools...
Hailiang Huang, Harvard University
Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
