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The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

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The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book’s gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach us in today’s genetic age

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Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought

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Why biological clocks get our 'true age' wrong – and how AI could help

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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New Scientist’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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Polycystic ovary syndrome may be passed on via chemical tags on DNA

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The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

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The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

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Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood obesity

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Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood obesity

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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One epigenome-editing injection could cut cholesterol level for years

Tests in mice show that it is possible to switch off a gene in liver cells for at least 220 days, which should lower cholesterol and cut the risk of heart disease

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Mouse pups born from unfertilised eggs through genetic manipulation

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MRI has been used to reveal epigenetic changes in brain for first time

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Brain's movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution

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Nature versus nurture

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