A beer family tree.
New York Times explores the mapping of a new genome, as researchers chart a family tree of craft beer:
… Read the rest “A beer family tree.”After thousands of years of unwitting domestication, brewing yeasts — the microorganisms
genetics
We can get embryonic stem cells… by cloning adults.
Nature introduces yet another ethical wrinkle into the production of stem cells, with new techniques to create cell-generating embryos from adult cells:
… Read the rest “We can get embryonic stem cells… by cloning adults.”On 17 April, researchers led
Children can inherit their parents’ trauma… through Dad’s sperm.
Nature reveals how parents who live through something horrible can have children who inherit depression and anxiety – biologically, through their RNA – from traumas they… Read the rest “Children can inherit their parents’ trauma… through Dad’s sperm.”
Procrastination and impulsivity are linked… in your genes.
Science Daily tries to find the evolutionary roots of …oooh, shiny! I’ll finish this tomorrow:
… Read the rest “Procrastination and impulsivity are linked… in your genes.”From an evolutionary standpoint, impulsivity makes sense: Our ancestors
Out of the Cattle Crescent.
Science Daily twists the archaeological order of things around a little. Humans came out of Africa, humans in Africa have domesticated cattle for thousands of years, the easy assumption… Read the rest “Out of the Cattle Crescent.”
Native Americans go back longer than we thought.
Nature examines a DNA test on a “Clovis boy,” whose DNA proves that 12,000 years ago, the ancestors of today’s Native Americans were already here:
… Read the rest “Native Americans go back longer than we thought.”…[T]he boy’s
Trauma can be inherited.
Shades of Philip Larkin…. Washington Post has more on how mice, at least, pass fear down with their DNA:
… Read the rest “Trauma can be inherited.”In the experiment, researchers taught male mice to fear the smell of cherry
Cavemen & modern humans… they got it on.
DNA analysis presented at the Royal Society in London shows, Nature says in the most delicate way possible, that ancient humans were getting it on more than we suspected:
… Read the rest “Cavemen & modern humans… they got it on.”The ancient genomes,
A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – almost here.
BBC reports on the struggle to develop an early blood test for Alzheimer’s:
… Read the rest “A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – almost here.”A technique published in the journal Genome Biology showed differences in the tiny fragments of genetic
Frederick Kaufman wants to open-source genetically modified crops. And maybe save the planet.
Slate has printed his controversial plan to live up to the promise of gene science without the industrial agriculture downside:
… Read the rest “Frederick Kaufman wants to open-source genetically modified crops. And maybe save the planet.”The GMO story has become mired in the eco-wrecking narrative
Tiki Brazil (Thor Heyerdahl was right! Maybe.)
Nature, in what was almost certainly not an April Fools’ gag, reports that there’s genetic evidence, now, that Polynesians traveled to the Amazon in days gone by – because… Read the rest “Tiki Brazil (Thor Heyerdahl was right! Maybe.)”
Giant squid CLONE ARMY. Or, well, at least a tight family.
BBC reveals that giant squid, no matter where they’re found or how different from each other they look, are all genetically really close to one another:
… Read the rest “Giant squid CLONE ARMY. Or, well, at least a tight family.”An international team of researchers
SONG: “Starts Beating”
SONG: “Starts Beating” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Scientists build a biological pacemaker… Read the rest “SONG: “Starts Beating””
Richard loves Richard, that is, I and I….
New Scientist may have uncovered the bones of Richard III, the king either most villainous or most misunderstood of Plantangenet:
… Read the rest “Richard loves Richard, that is, I and I….”What exactly has been found?
The body of an adult male has
Mutant butterflies of Fukushima.
Tecca reports on the 50 percent mutation rate in insects near the nuclear site:
… Read the rest “Mutant butterflies of Fukushima.”Tens of thousands of residents were displaced and officials assured the world that the release of harmful