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Life

Murderer with 'aggression genes' gets sentence cut

An Italian judge's decision to shorten a killer's sentence because of his genes is raising the question of whether genes can ever absolve responsibility for a particular act

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Genome firm finds gene for sneeze, but no diseases yet

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Genome firm finds gene for sneeze, but no diseases yet

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Technology

Sticky future for the spider suture

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Mothering matters, but grandmothering counts too

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Mothering matters, but grandmothering counts too

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Testicular tumours linked to offsprings' disease

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Earth

Conservation targets too low to save at-risk species

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Health

Personal genomics firms must come clean

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Health

Down's blood test hits speed bump

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My little zebra: The secrets of domestication

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My little zebra: The secrets of domestication

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For proteins, evolution can't go backwards

A study of mutations leading to a modern-day protein suggests there is no reverse gear

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Health

Alec Jeffreys: the 'father of DNA evidence'

Careers

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Years of caste system belie Indians' shared ancestry

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Gene for memory and IQ gives students low grades

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Mutant mice living the dieter's dream

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