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genetics

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Humans

What do the new ‘gay genes’ tell us about sexual orientation?

Two gene variants have been found to be more common in gay men. 51¶¯Âþ looks at what this tells us about the way biology shapes our sexuality

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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

Life

Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

Earth

Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

Life

Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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DNA code

Humans

A bacterium has been engineered to make 'unnatural' proteins

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pregnant woman

Life

Does it matter if my child is not genetically related to me?

Features

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Man working on an Old Amish farm

Health

Amish gene can make them live 10 years longer and avoid diabetes

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Josiah Zayner

Humans

Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can't stop it

Insight

Boy who had skin graft playing football

Health

Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced

Gene therapy has saved the life of a boy with a rare skin-peeling disease. The boy received grafts of sheets of genetically-altered skin grown in the lab

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Health

FDA loosens rules on direct-to-consumer genetic tests

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Life

Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day

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Health

We’ve evolved an even more powerful form of CRISPR gene editing

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Technology

Too much information? The data-driven future of health

Culture

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