We’ve learned a lot about the planet Venus since 1962, when Mariner 2 discovered not the balmy, Earth-like planet scientists expected but our …
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Continue ReadingThe human organism contains threadlike, gene-bearing chromosomes, twenty three pairs of them. These chromosomes contain the complete heredity, …
Continue ReadingThere is a method to most astronomers’ madness to naming stars, as well as a reason why some stars have close to forty different names. Read further …
Continue ReadingTime now for a tall story on the growing body of work on the genetics of height. There’s a whole suite of genes that will determine how short …
Continue ReadingA landmark study is shedding light on an important aspect of our genetic and physical evolution. Scientists have discovered that a region of DNA once …
Continue ReadingThere is no clear cut answer to the origin of homosexual behaviour. Currently the consensus is leaning towards a largely genetic basis with a few …
Continue ReadingSo NASA has a goal of finding and tracking at least 90 percent of the asteroids and comets that could cause catastrophe if they collided with Earth. …
Continue ReadingAlaska Airlines is the first US airline to implement the Runway Awareness and Advisory System. The new system uses GPS technology to track an …
Continue ReadingThey are destructive little pests and the bain of the lives of farmers and gardeners. But weeds are finally proving to be helpful - to geneticists. …
Continue ReadingChromosomal disorders are caused by an absence, excess or abnormal arrangement of 1 or more chromosomes. The defects are there from birth; while some …
Continue ReadingThe early detection of biomarkers provides a great opportunity to recognize a disease, to aid in the use of drug therapy for the patient, as well as …
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