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Tumor Tell-All
Unraveling complex genetic stories in cancer cells may lead to personalized treatment.
- Animals
Evolutionary enigmas
Comb jelly genetics suggest a radical redrawing of the tree of life.
By Amy Maxmen - Life
Live long, pass it on
A tendency for a lengthy life can be inherited for several generations, even when offspring no longer have the genes for it.
- Life
Eggs have own biological clock
Reproductive cells age independently from the rest of the body, research in worms reveals.
- Life
Holding back evolution
Gene mutations that are beneficial on their own combine to slow down progress, new bacterial experiments show.
- Health & Medicine
Dose of Reality
HPV is epidemic, which is odd since it is largely preventable.
By Nathan Seppa - Humans
Don’t listen to advice, and other advice from Nobel laureates
Top scientists share stories and words of wisdom with finalists at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
By Devin Powell - Life
Genes & Cells
A sticky E. coli outbreak, clues to pancreatic cancer and a double whammy that leads to cancer in this week's news.
By Science News - Life
Carnivores can lose sweet genes
A gene involved in taste detection has glitches in some, but not all, highly carnivorous mammals.
By Susan Milius -
- Health & Medicine
Extreme eaters show abnormal brain activity
Seeing images of food revs up reward areas in the obese and slows them down in severely underweight people, a brain scan study shows.
- Life
Genes & Cells
A family without fingerprints and the long-term harm of sleep skimping in this week’s news.
By Science News