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Gene That Determines If You’re A Night Owl Or An Early Bird Also Makes A...
Do you have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning? Good news — it’s probably not your fault. Researchers are offering more insight into a gene that seems to govern people’s sleep cycles —...
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Jurassic Park: Scientists Find Genetic Switch That Determines Gender
Remember that scene in Jurassic Park where the scientist is explaining to Ian Malcolm that all the dinosaurs on the island are female because they deprive them of a specific hormone at a specific...
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Home Genetic Testing Now More Affordable, Still Kind of Creepy
What would you pay for a home genetic test that could help you trace your ancestry, let you know your risk for disease, allow you to participate in valuable research, and also probably creep you out a...
View ArticleFellas, This Animation Will Explain Why You Have Useless Nipples, In Case You...
AsapSCIENCE is back with another marker animation to explain a bit of science some may not understand. Last time it was how Plan B works, this time it’s to explain why men have nipples that serve...
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Quadruple Helix DNA Discovered In Human Cells, Is The Double Rainbow Of...
A team of researchers at Cambridge University have spotted the first instances of DNA with four helices present inside human cells. The Cambridge team hopes their findings could have implications for...
View ArticleThis Science of Baldness Video Will Have You in Front of the Mirror in No Time
As I rapidly approach the ripe old age of 30, I am becoming increasingly aware of things like my hair and whether or not I still have any. Commonly held wisdom says that baldness is passed from your...
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Yoga and Meditation May Induce Instant Changes to Genetics
Researchers may have a new clue as to what’s behind the feelings of well-being that come with activities like yoga or guided meditation. A new study shows that these forms of practiced relaxation have...
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Super Woman Angelina Jolie Describes Her Double Mastectomy In Surprise New...
Angelina Jolie has never been one to sit back and let the world happen around her, so we probably shouldn’t have been surprised when news broke of the actress undergoing a double mastectomy as a...
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Scientists Unravel Chocolate Genome, Scientifically Superior Chocolates in...
This weekend was very upsetting for me, from the death of All in the Family star Jean Stapleton to… well, Game of Thrones was pretty rough last night, y’all. At times like this, the greatest remedy...
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Supreme Court Declares Victory for Common Sense, Denies Patents for Naturally...
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down some truly weird and sometimes downright awful decisions recently — the “corporations have civil rights just like people do” debacle springs to mind — but it’s...
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It’s for Science, Okay? Scientists Prepare to Freeze Bee Semen, Breed...
Bee warned: Researchers at Washington State University are starting a frozen semen bank to store the genetic material of honey bees. In addition, they will use crossbreeding from various colonies to...
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Things We Saw Today: When AT-AT’s Crash A Jedi’s Wedding - Things We Saw Today
Photo editor Steven Kowalski altered this wedding photo for newlyweds Mindy and John to feature AT-AT’s approaching the couple as they stand arm in arm, prepared to defend their wedding. (via The...
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Clones Are People Too: The Science and Science Fiction of BBC America’s...
As BBC America’s Orphan Black heads into its second season, many critics have focused on Tatiana Maslany’s supremely impressive feats of acting and the many compelling female characters as the draw of...
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Geneticist Claims to Have Found the Yeti’s Origin Story - We hope you like...
We love a good shaky bigfoot video or yeti sighting as much as the next blog, but generally we don’t pay them much attention here on the site. Some yeti news out of the UK has managed to catch our...
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Science Finally Able To Tell The Genetic Difference Between Identical Twins -...
It’s such a great conceit for a crime show: guy commits murder; guy denies it; turns out it was guy’s identical twin all along; everyone is happy (except murdered dude). Sadly, procedurals are going...
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Oompa Loompa Doopity Docolate, Scientists Can Now Authenticate Premium...
Scientists (pictured above) have finally discovered a way to authenticate claims that chocolate is “premium” and not secretly sub-premium Slugworth nonsense. It’s a great day for humanity. Consumers...
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Awwwww Yeeaaah, Humans and Neanderthals Totally Hooked Up - We're a little...
While we’ve all been mindlessly wasting our lives browsing the Internet, science has been busy answering the tough questions — like, did Neanderthals and humans ever bang? It’s been theorized for...
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Surprise! That DNA “Evidence” Shows We’re All Jack the Ripper Victims! Or...
Oh no! The (most) recent supposed Jack the Ripper identification was wrong! He’s still at large! Wait, what do you mean he lived over 100 years ago? The Daily Mail is somehow fueled about 15% by Jack...
View ArticleThings We Saw Today: Marvel Finally Giving America Chavez Her Own Solo Title...
Coming soon: “America” #1 💪🏽 🇺🇸 #MarvelNOW #MarvelComics pic.twitter.com/YaCmynlBAg — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 7, 2016 At last! The young, badass, Latina hero, America Chavez is finally...
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The Reason You Hate Cilantro or Grapefruit Is in Your Genes
It’s close to summer, which means one thing in my house: fresh guacamole. It’s great because it’s easy. All you need is avocado, onion, salt, lime, and, of course, cilantro fresh from the garden. Now...
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