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Better schools can offset genetic disadvantages in learning

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD New genetic research reveals that when students attend better schools, their reading success depends ...
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Scientists make key breakthrough in effort to protect food supply: 'We can better understand'

Scientists at the University of Sheffield are conducting research into natural genetic engineering with a focus on Lateral Gene Transfer to help improve crop resilience to extreme weather.
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Union says Government plan for schools to teach sciences separately at GCSE will flop

Currently, most pupils in the UK sit for a double science GCSE equivalent to two GCSEs, which combines physics, biology and ...
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Cuckoos: maternal genes responsible for differently colored eggs

European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Single Gene Could Have Contributed to Neanderthals’ Extinction, Study Suggests

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

Hidden genetic damage is part of CTE, too, study finds

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced repeated blows to the head while playing contact sports and there’s now ...

Genes associated with obesity shared across ancestries, researchers find

Obesity is a global epidemic affecting millions of people every day and is associated with comorbidities ranging from heart ...