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Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time

Life

Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time

Genetic information inside simple cells designed to mimic primordial life has been copied, with the help of a chemical made from citric acid

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Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution

Humans

Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution

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Last Word

Tomato plight

Regulars

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Health

Beating cancer by blocking off its escape routes

Opinion

The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero

Health

The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero

Features

Cancer meets its nemesis in reprogrammed blood cells

Health

Cancer meets its nemesis in reprogrammed blood cells

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Nose to beak with a Christian hero heavyweight champ

Life

Nose to beak with a Christian hero heavyweight champ

Regulars

Tube worm lights up the undersea night with vitamin B

Life

Tube worm lights up the undersea night with vitamin B

Regulars

Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations

Life

Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations

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Written in blood: Your life history in just one drop

Life

Written in blood: Your life history in just one drop

From a happy childhood to cancer, the ups and downs in your life are recorded by labels on your DNA – and there's no law to stop anyone from reading them

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Life

Musical mind-reading can name that tune

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Life

Zoologger: Sea slugs stab partners in head during sex

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Life

Genetic clue to high heart risk of black Americans

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Life

Alga takes first evolutionary leap to multicellularity

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