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- 1From:Skeptical Inquirer (Vol. 43, Issue 3)If someone says, "I guess it's in my DNA," you never hear people say, "DN--what?" We all know what DNA is, or at least think we do. It's been seven decades since scientists demonstrated that DNA is the molecule of...
- 2From:Newsweek (Vol. 167, Issue 19)Byline: Douglas Main In 1962, the Arlinda farm in Northern California purchased a milk cow from Nebraska named Beauty. The manager bought the cow because she produced a lot of milk, but there was a big bonus: Beauty...
- 3From:Science News (Vol. 190, Issue 2)Scientists have found a clue to why one type of DNA is passed down to children by their mothers--but not their fathers. DNA inside energy-producing organelles called mitochondria is destroyed in a worm dad's sperm...
- 4From:Science News (Vol. 163, Issue 8)A gene of mixed evolutionary pedigree may have transformed mammalian reproduction, leading to the evolution of apes and humans. Analyses of genetic data from a variety of mammals show that this gene, called Tre2,...
- 5From:Industry Week (Vol. 244, Issue 20)SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT THE FAILURE of a human gene dubbed ob (for its connection with obesity) to produce enough of a protein that's normally produced in fat cells may be the cause of obesity. When scientists at the...
- 6From:Men's Health (Vol. 19, Issue 5)Byline: Marion, Matt All the answers to your ultimate Pop quiz Age at which the average-guy-as-infant first said "dada": 4 months Country where "dad" is a three-syllable word: Japan Number of men who say...
- 7From:Prevention (Vol. 56, Issue 11)Having one parent with early heart disease doubles your own risk; early heart disease in both parents triples a woman's risk but leaves a man's risk at double, say Northwestern University researchers....
- 8From:Insight on the News (Vol. 15, Issue 36)If I have the gene, does that mean I don't have to work? People who exert great effort on thinking of reasons why they shouldn't be at work may have a ready-made answer in the offing. Scientists at the University of...
- 9From:National Geographic (Vol. 221, Issue 1)Dave and Don Wolf of Fenton, Michigan, have been coming to the festival for years. Like most twins who attend, they enjoy spending time with each other. In fact, during the past 18 years, the 53-year-old truckers, whose...
- 10From:Advertising Age InternationalSuddenly it's cool to be Welsh. And not just because of the hot bands (Stereophonics) and movie stars ("Notting Hill's" Rhys Ifans). London social club Social Welsh & Sexy is starting a Club SWS in New York on Nov. 14....
- 11From:The Economist (Vol. 355, Issue 8172)AS GENETIC information pours into databases around the planet in the run-up to the announcement next month of a draft human-genome sequence, the world's geneticists are turning their attention from producing data to...
- 12From:American Heritage (Vol. 50, Issue 1)A white woman discusses her discovery that she had a black great-great-grandfather after her grandmother's death. She goes on a mission to find out more about her black ancestors. She also discovers that her great...
- 13From:Chemical Week (Vol. 165, Issue 4)Biotech firm Microbia (Cambridge, MA) says it has developed a new method for rapidly identifying genes required for the production of industrial molecules produced in microbes, including pharmaceuticals and fine...
- 14From:Technology Review (Cambridge, Mass.) (Vol. 103, Issue 5)Gene screens determine transplant treatment ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS PACE A catch-22. The powerful drugs that suppress their immune systems and protect their new organs from rejection can cause life-threatening side...
- 15From:Smithsonian (Vol. 37, Issue 9)Ever notice how a little girl frowns just like her mother? Common sense suggests that her expression is mostly learned, the product of years of mimicking her parents. But a new study from the University of Haifa in...
- 16From:Technology Review (Vol. 88)Whether or not the world is ready for this, scientists have discovered a small set of genes that can serve as a genetic "passport" for different branches of humankind. These genes--passed down from generation to...
- 17From:USA Today (Vol. 135, Issue 2735)Problem gambling runs in families, reports a study by the University of Iowa, Ames. Moreover, there is an excess of alcoholism, drug disorders, and antisocial personality disorder in families with pathological gamblers....
- 18From:The Economist (Vol. 348, Issue 8082)AUCKLAND THE past is recorded in many alphabets, but one that is becoming increasingly useful is the genetic code. Tracing the ancestries of groups of people from their genes often helps to confirm what was already...
- 19From:Science News (Vol. 155, Issue 20)For the first time, scientists have identified some of the genes that switch on during the mysterious process that can turn genetically identical honeybees into either queens or commoners. Just 48 hours after...
- 20From:Better Nutrition (Vol. 64, Issue 11)Opponents of genetically engineered (GE) foods have long warned that bacteria living in the human intestinal tract might absorb genetic material--DNA--from gene-modified foods. Many GE crops have antibiotic-resistant...