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Topic: Genetics

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"De-extincting" species is a distraction

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Espresso coffee cup on vintage table and assortment of grinded and roasted coffee beans (Getty Images/apomares)

Is caffeine actually harmless?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Neanderthal Man in front of his cave (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Thorin the Neanderthal's genes analyzed

Matthew Rozsa
Temple Of Kukulkan El Castillo pyramid, Chichen Itza Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico. (Marco Bottigelli)

Upending the virgin girl sacrifice trope

Rae Hodge
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Fruit fly, Drosophila Melanogaster, on a red apple surface (Getty Images/Andreas Häuslbetz)

Bugs with "Kevin Bacon" gene are cooler

Rae Hodge
The Medical University of South Carolina is conducting a genetics research project to study how DNA affects health conditions, such as heart disease and cancer. Lee Moultrie, a member of the community advisory board for the project, regularly wears a bright-blue pullover with the words "In Our DNA SC" embroidered on the front to encourage people to enroll in the study. (Gavin McIntyre/KFF News)

Genetics studies have diversity problem

Lauren Sausser - KFF Health News
Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) (Getty Images/wrangel)

Electric eel zaps do more than just stun

Matthew Rozsa
Young woman and elderly woman holding hands (Getty Images/ipopba)

How does intergenerational trauma work?

Matthew Rozsa
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Honey Bees (Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Honey bees may be altruistic

Matthew Rozsa
Fruit fly (Drosophila Melanogaster) on a leaf (Getty Images/janeff)

Scientists turn on "virgin birth" in fly

Nicole Karlis
Close-up of yellow crazy ant on green leaf (Getty Images/afe207)

Crazy ants with crazier genetics

Pamela Appea
Two-spotted Octopus, Octopus bimaculoides, portrait at Sea of Cortez, Baja California Mexico. (Luis Javier Sandoval/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Octopuses can change their own genes

Matthew Rozsa
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Wild saltwater crocodile babies rest on the head of their mother (Then Chih Wey/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Crocodile ‘virgin' birth isn’t a miracle

Nicole Karlis
Canceled stamp from Germany featuring genetic scientist Gregor Mendel (Getty/traveler1116)

No one listened to Gregor Mendel

Matthew Rozsa
Side view of mature woman embracing man from behind against clear sky (Getty Images/The Good Brigade)

The X chromosome's superpower

Nicole Karlis
Dish of pasta with tomato sauce left on the table. (Stefania Pelfini/La Waziya Photography/Getty)

Why you should go easy on picky eaters

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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A member of the medical staff (L) checking the body temperature of a patient who has displayed mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at an exhibition centre converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI director believes lab leak theory

Matthew Rozsa
Empty plate, cutlery, orange juice and salt and pepper shaker table setting (Getty Images/Arx0nt)

Picky eater? It could be in your DNA

Nicola Pirastu - The Conversation
Carving of a small cat at the archaeological site of Kom Ombo, Egypt | A house cat with a collar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cat domestication follows colonization

Troy Farah
Mother Breastfeeding Baby (Getty Images)

People don't mate randomly

Richard Border, Noah Zaitlen - The Conversation
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Pumpkins and gourds arranged on shelves (Getty Images/Natalia Ganelin)

What makes gourd DNA so malleable

Matthew Rozsa
Twin American Pit Bull Terriers smiling (Getty Images/Josh Taxson)

Pitbulls: friend or enemy?

Colin Dayan - The Conversation
Gourds at the farmer's market (Getty Images/BruceBlock)

Why do pumpkins have warts?

Matthew Rozsa
A Neanderthal skull and some of the Mousterian tools used by the Neanderthals are shown in this display during a tour of the "Ancestors" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

Neanderthal DNA lives on in us

Joshua Akey - The Conversation
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