Tag: genes
Sneaky lions in Zambia are moving across areas thought uninhabitable for...
Caitlin J. Curry, Texas A&M University
Zambia, a country in southeast Africa, has approximately 1,200 lions, one of the largest lion populations on the...
Spider glue’s sticky secret revealed by new genetic research
Sarah Stellwagen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
What do all of the over 45,000 described spider species on Earth have in common? Each makes at...
Can Seabiscuit’s DNA explain his elite racing ability?
Steven Tammariello, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Seabiscuit was not an impressive-looking horse. He was considered quite lazy, preferring to eat and sleep...
Brains keep temporary molecular records before making a lasting memory
Kelsey Tyssowski, Harvard University
The first dance at my wedding lasted exactly four minutes and 52 seconds, but I’ll probably remember it for decades. Neuroscientists...
Recreational ancestry DNA testing may reveal more than consumers bargained for
Catharine Wang, Boston University
Aggressive marketing techniques and the popularization of “gifting” recreational ancestry tests has led more consumers than ever to the world of...
Discovery of a surprise multitasking gene helps explain how new functions...
Katherine L. Petrie, University of California San Diego and Justin Meyer, University of California San Diego
Evolutionary biologists like us try to figure out how...
It’s mostly mothers who pass on mitochondria – and a new...
Arunas L. Radzvilavicius, University of Pennsylvania
Evolutionary interests of males and females do not always coincide. This is known as sexual conflict: male innovations that...
To fight Zika, let’s genetically modify mosquitoes – the old-fashioned way
Jeffrey Powell, Yale University
The near panic caused by the rapid spread of the Zika virus has brought new urgency to the question of how...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
