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Americans support genetically engineering animals for people’s health

Genetically engineering animals is OK with Americans if it improves human health, a new poll reveals.

By Tina Hesman Saey | 3:00pm, August 20, 2018

Ancestry

News | Ancestry

The ‘language gene’ didn’t give humans a big leg up in evolution

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, August 03, 2018

Experiences | Ancestry

What I actually learned about my family after trying 5 DNA ancestry tests

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:41pm, June 13, 2018

Feature | Ancestry

DNA testing can bring families together, but gives mixed answers on ethnicity

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:36pm, June 13, 2018
Anthropology

News | Anthropology

The debate over people’s pathway into the Americas heats up

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, August 08, 2018

News in Brief | Anthropology

Indonesia’s pygmies didn’t descend from hobbits, DNA analysis suggests

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, August 02, 2018

News | Anthropology

Cremated remains reveal hints of who is buried at Stonehenge

By Bruce Bower | 9:00am, August 02, 2018
Archaeology

The –est | Archaeology

Cheese found in an Egyptian tomb is at least 3,200 years old

By Cassie Martin | 8:53am, August 17, 2018

Feature | Archaeology

Conflict reigns over the history and origins of money

By Bruce Bower | 8:00am, July 29, 2018

News | Archaeology

How an ancient stone money system works like cryptocurrency

By Bruce Bower | 8:00am, July 29, 2018
History of Science

Reviews & Previews | History of Science

The study of human heredity got its start in insane asylums

By Bruce Bower | 8:00am, July 01, 2018

Reviews & Previews | History of Science

‘Aroused’ recounts the fascinating history of hormones

By Erika Engelhaupt | 4:10pm, June 25, 2018

50 Years Ago | History of Science

50 years ago, NASA astronauts prepared to return to space

By Dan Garisto | 7:00am, June 07, 2018
Human Evolution

News | Human Evolution

Stone tools put early hominids in China 2.1 million years ago

By Bruce Bower | 1:33pm, July 11, 2018

News | Human Evolution

Foot fossil pegs hominid kids as upright walkers 3.3 million years ago

By Bruce Bower | 2:50pm, July 04, 2018

News | Human Evolution

Modern chimp brains share similarities with ancient hominids

By Bruce Bower | 3:00pm, March 26, 2018
Language

News | Language

The window for learning a language may stay open surprisingly long

By Bruce Bower | 11:02am, May 11, 2018

News in Brief | Language

The southern drawl gets deconstructed

By Rachel Ehrenberg | 3:14pm, June 30, 2017

News | Language

Twisted textile cords may contain clues to Inca messages

By Bruce Bower | 9:00am, May 08, 2017
Networks

The List | Networks

Ask AI: How not to kill online conversations

By Maria Temming | 9:00am, January 03, 2018

The Science Life | Networks

Balloons will broadcast the 2017 solar eclipse live from on high

By Lisa Grossman | 1:30pm, July 26, 2017

Feature | Networks

Big biological datasets map life's networks

By Laurel Hamers | 10:00am, October 19, 2016
Psychology

News | Psychology

Children may be especially vulnerable to peer pressure from robots

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, August 15, 2018

News | Psychology

Kids today are waiting longer than ever in the classic marshmallow test

By Bruce Bower | 2:12pm, June 29, 2018

Science Ticker | Psychology

Splitting families may end, but migrant kids’ trauma needs to be studied

By Laura Sanders | 5:39pm, June 20, 2018
Science & Society

News | Science & Society

A new computer program generates eerily realistic fake videos

By Maria Temming | 10:33am, August 14, 2018

Screentime | Science & Society

Scientists-turned-students guide viewers through ‘The Most Unknown’

By Emily Conover | 8:00am, August 14, 2018

News | Science & Society

Researchers say CRISPR edits to a human embryo worked. But critics still doubt it

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:45pm, August 08, 2018

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