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Reaping the whirlwind of Nazi eugenics

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Reaping the whirlwind of Nazi eugenics

In the 1960s, eugenics was reinvented as behaviour genetics, but soon went back off the rails. Aaron Panofsky's Misbehaving Science explores what happened

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I'm homing in on the genetic essence of life

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I'm homing in on the genetic essence of life

Opinion

Tibetan altitude gene came from extinct human species

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Tibetan altitude gene came from extinct human species

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Earth

Study attacking genetically modified food republished

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Weird organisms emerge from the deep, dark biosphere

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Weird organisms emerge from the deep, dark biosphere

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When an anthropologist tackles Alzheimer's disease

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When an anthropologist tackles Alzheimer's disease

Opinion

Island-hopping odyssey brought civilisation to Europe

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Island-hopping odyssey brought civilisation to Europe

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Gene editing tool can write HIV out of the picture

Health

Gene editing tool can write HIV out of the picture

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Unravelling taste genes could help us eat healthily

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Unravelling taste genes could help us eat healthily

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American chestnut set for genetically modified revival

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American chestnut set for genetically modified revival

New strains of American chestnuts are resistant to a devastating fungus and pass on resistance to their offspring, suggesting that the trees can be restored

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Is the UK being too hasty over three-parent babies?

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Flooded cave hides Naia, a 13,000-year-old American

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Zoologger: Polar bears evolved to eat junk food

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Itsy bitsy bacterium gets a bigger genetic code

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