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Fetus's arthritis genes can affect the mother

Health

Fetus's arthritis genes can affect the mother

Stowaway DNA which seeps from fetuses to their mothers may raise their risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, and dads may be to blame

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Life

Mitochondrial replacement: no need for a rethink

Comment

Why language is neither an instinct nor innate

Life

Why language is neither an instinct nor innate

CultureLab

Found: closest link to Eve, our universal ancestor

Life

Found: closest link to Eve, our universal ancestor

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Everyday drugs could give extra years of life

Life

Everyday drugs could give extra years of life

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Modified aubergines could transform farming in India

Life

Modified aubergines could transform farming in India

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Three-parent babies: It's more messy than we thought

Life

Three-parent babies: It's more messy than we thought

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Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

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Human 'language gene' makes mice smarter

Life

Human 'language gene' makes mice smarter

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The go-between: Life's unexpected messenger

Life

The go-between: Life's unexpected messenger

Far from staying put, RNA – the less famous cousin of DNA – can roam far afield, carrying information to other cells in the body and even to other animals

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Life

Shattering DNA may have let gibbons evolve new species

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Earth

Coffee genes help hackers home in on the perfect brew

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Health

Genes still patentable in Australia as appeal rejected

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Life

Taming of the bunny rewrote rabbit genome

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