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Evolution re-run test to probe life's predictability

Life

Evolution re-run test to probe life's predictability

A 500-million-year-old bacterial protein has been resurrected to test whether it would evolve in a similar way given a second chance

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Life

Epigenetic changes linked with ageing

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Move over DNA: Six new molecules can carry genes

Life

Move over DNA: Six new molecules can carry genes

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First glimpse at the viral birth of DNA

Life

First glimpse at the viral birth of DNA

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Best evidence yet that a single gene can affect IQ

Life

Best evidence yet that a single gene can affect IQ

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First Madagascar settlers may have been Indonesian

Life

First Madagascar settlers may have been Indonesian

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Viking mice marauders swept across northern Europe

Earth

Viking mice marauders swept across northern Europe

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Health

Brain scans offer insight into Williams syndrome

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Gorilla DNA unlocks secrets of our species

Life

Gorilla DNA unlocks secrets of our species

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Life

Extra female genes make men more masculine

Sex chromosomes may play a role in sex-specific behaviours beyond dictating which hormones are present

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Life

Ötzi the ice mummy's secrets found in DNA

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Technology

USB stick can sequence DNA in seconds

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Life

Men's Y chromosome is not about to go extinct

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Health

Bird flu research to be published in full

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