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Novel computer game lets players help scientists research humane genome
Researchers at a Canadian university are turning to crowd-sourcing to try and understand the similiarities and differences between the genomes of humans and the genomes of other living animals. Their hope is to use that to better understand how human genes work....
Researchers find new information on causes of autism
More autism diagnoses have been reported in recent years -- though experts believe that's because of greater diagnosis and awareness, not an increase in the actual rate in society. New information has come forward pointing to more information about where autism comes from....
Fish farming may be answer to depleted oceans
Fish populations are so depleted that when today's children are adults, there may be no fish left to eat....
Who benefits from race-based science
A new book explores how big business and political systems benefit from classifying race as biological category....
Genetically modified alfalfa and the future of organic foods
Organic farmers and food advocates think new rules around genetically modified, so called Roundup Ready alfalfa could kill the organic dairy industry. So they're suing....
Tracing genetic genealogy on a global scale
Tracing the paths of human migration through DNA to determine our origins and how we came to be so diverse....
Tale of Two Brains
The truth behind the right-brain-left-brain debate, and how the ubiquitous bit of pop science wisdom came about. ...
President Obama lifts ban on stem cell funding
Implications for the scientific community of the lifting of the ban on funding for stem cell research....
DNA and Discovery
The late Michael Crichton and others explore the science, the ethics, and the controversy of the new era of genetic testing....
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