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Human beings can't smell themselves, even when they stink — here's why
Shannon D. asks: How come people who smell really bad can never seem to smell their own stench?Have you ever sat next to a person who lost their sense of smell? Or, at least, you assume so as the...
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A scientist named George Church has a wild idea to upend evolution — here’s...
Harvard biologist George Church burst into the headlines (yet again) last week when he helped organize a closed-door meeting of scores of top scientists to discuss accelerating efforts to create...
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The FDA just took an entirely new approach to approving a cancer drug (LOXO,...
The FDA just approved a cancer drug that targets tumors based on genetic makeup as opposed to tissue type.On Tuesday, the agency approved pembrolizumab (also known as Keytruda) to treat "unresectable...
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A startup backed by Bill Gates that's building an early cancer detection test...
A startup that wants to build a blood test to screen for cancer just merged with a Hong Kong-based company that's also looking at early cancer detection. Grail and Cirina are combining, the companies...
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17 things that people driven to take extreme risks have in common
Legendary rock climber Alex Honnold recently completed the first free-solo climb of 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National park, scaling the cliff without ropes or safety devices in less than four...
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A scientist named George Church ascribes his wild ideas that could upend...
It didn't happen during his appearances on Stephen Colbert's show or his walk down the red carpet in April as one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2017.It has happened during meetings,...
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Companies are trying to use your DNA and bacteria to give you personalized...
In our never-ending quest to get healthy, there's a constant, nagging hope that we'll find a hidden key to fitness — some trick or piece of information that finally makes it easy to look and feel how...
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Scientists filmed DNA replication for the first time, and the results could...
Here's proof of how far we've come in science - in a world-first, researchers have recorded up-close footage of a single DNA molecule replicating itself, and it's raising questions about how we assumed...
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Ancient DNA reveals how cats conquered the world
Humans may have had pet cats for as long as 9,500 years. In 2004, archaeologists in Cyprus found a complete cat skeleton buried in a Stone Age village. Given that Cyprus has no native wildcats, the...
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This Cornell scientist saved an $11-million industry — and ignited the GMO wars
It started with rotting flesh.Slicing into the green skin of a Hawaiian papaya ordinarily yields juicy, salmon-colored fruit that's almost custard-like in its consistency and sweetness. But in the...
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Peter Thiel gave $100,000 to the scientists trying to resurrect the woolly...
Woolly mammoths could be coming to a park near you sometime before 2027, thanks to funding from PayPal founder and tech luminary Peter Thiel.That's according to a new book by Ben Mezrich called...
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A DNA-testing startup just launched an 'app store' for genetics
DNA testing startup Helix has launched an "app store" for your genetic code with a number of partners offering tests on its new platform.The company and its launch partners are coming out with 20 tests...
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In a first, scientists have edited the DNA of human embryos that could turn...
In a step that some of the nation’s leading scientists have long warned against and that has never before been accomplished, biologists in Oregon have edited the DNA of viable human embryos efficiently...
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A tiny part of the brain could orchestrate the whole body’s aging, suggests a...
Why do we age? It’s a seemingly simple question that nonetheless scientists don’t have a great answer to. Some amount of aging seems to be controlled by our genetic makeup, while other evidence shows...
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Scientists have edited the DNA of human embryos using CRISPR – now we need to...
The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took some people by surprise.With headlines referring to “groundbreaking”...
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Scientists edited the DNA of human embryos that could become people for the...
A team of scientists from the US, China, and South Korea successfully altered the DNA of human embryos that could theoretically become people for the first time in history.They successfully altered a...
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A US president born in 1790 has two living grandsons
President John Tyler didn’t live to see the births of his last grandchildren. Far from it.After having 15 children with two different wives, the 10th U.S. president died at the age of 71 in 1862 — 60...
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Scientists are studying 10,000 people to find 'born-this-way' links to gender...
NEW YORK — While President Donald Trump has thrust transgender people back into the conflict between conservative and liberal values in the United States, geneticists are quietly working on a major...
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Ancient skulls that mirror ours are part of a handful of archaeological...
Most people don't spend their free time imagining what it would be like to get on the subway and sit across from a 300,000-year-old person. But anthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin isn't most people.In...
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White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests — but many don't...
It was a strange moment of triumph against racism: The gun-slinging white supremacist Craig Cobb, dressed up for daytime TV in a dark suit and red tie, hearing that his DNA testing revealed his...
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