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We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA

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We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA

The photosynthetic bacteria that thrive in warm ocean waters today nearly died out when the entire planet froze over 680 million years ago – and there is evidence of that frozen world in their DNA

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Genetics leaves little doubt that humans wiped out passenger pigeons

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Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people

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Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people

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How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

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How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

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Bengorm mountain chamber

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Stone Age people in Ireland had dark skin and were lactose-intolerant

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Rotten fish smell sweeter if you have a specific genetic mutation

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Rotten fish smell sweeter if you have a specific genetic mutation

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Evolution is evolving: 13 ways we must rethink the theory of nature

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Evolution is evolving: 13 ways we must rethink the theory of nature

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Australian labradoodle is more poodle than Labrador, according to DNA

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Teenager using inhaler

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Teens with asthma get tailored treatment thanks to cheap genetic test

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Commuters in Hong Kong

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First case of coronavirus reinfection leaves big questions unanswered

A man appears to have caught two lineages of the coronavirus around four and a half months apart, suggesting people can be reinfected with the virus after making a recovery – but there is much we still don't know

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Is disliking coriander down to genetics?

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Sharon Moalem interview: Why women are genetically stronger than men

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How the slave trade left its mark in the DNA of people in the Americas

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