DNA

Tiny fern has world’s largest genome, contains 50x more DNA than humans

Tiny fern has world’s largest genome, contains 50x more DNA than humans

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

A tiny fern has secured the Guinness World Record for having the largest genome of any living organism on Earth. When unravelled, ...

Faulty gene likely to be cause of many severe learning difficulties, study finds

Faulty gene likely to be cause of many severe learning difficulties, study finds

Health
Sarah Carter

Researchers made the discovery while carrying out genetic analysis using whole-genome sequencing data from 77,539 participants enrolled in the 100,000 Genomes Project, ...

Haven’t they seen Jurassic Park! Scientists plotting to bring dead animals currently unknown in the history of the natural world back to life through DNA found in fossils

Haven’t they seen Jurassic Park! Scientists plotting to bring dead animals currently unknown in the history of the natural world back to life through DNA found in fossils

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers hope to revive species such as mammoths and Tasmanian Tigers  Scientists are plotting to bring extinct animals currently unknown in the ...

MIT’s Revolutionary CO2 Conversion Technology

MIT’s Revolutionary CO2 Conversion Technology

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

MIT chemical engineers have created an efficient method to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, using a DNA-tethered catalytic process that could ...

DNA tests like 23AndMe and Ancestry are laying bare the frightening extent of incest in the US

DNA tests like 23AndMe and Ancestry are laying bare the frightening extent of incest in the US

Health
Sarah Carter

By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 17:36 19 Mar 2024, updated 17:59 19 Mar 2024 Previous estimates put children born ...

Syphilis-Like Diseases Were Already Widespread in America Before the Arrival of Columbus

Syphilis-Like Diseases Were Already Widespread in America Before the Arrival of Columbus

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Evidence of syphilis in ancient Brazilian bones disproves the notion that Columbus introduced the disease to Europe, indicating that syphilis-like diseases existed ...

Father and son falcon egg thieves caught out by DNA testing

Father and son falcon egg thieves caught out by DNA testing

U.K.
William Turner

Experts noticed in April 2021 that previously productive nests in the Berwickshire area were failing to produce chicks. Police then discovered the ...

Microlands by J Craig Venter & David Ewing Duncan, review

Microlands by J Craig Venter & David Ewing Duncan, review

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

But Venter’s project has uncovered so much diversity in aquatic microbial worlds, the standard taxonomy of kingdom, phylum and species breaks down ...

The True Culprits Behind the Fall of Earth’s Largest Beasts

The True Culprits Behind the Fall of Earth’s Largest Beasts

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Prehistoric people are attacking an elephant. New research shows that humans and not the climate caused a sharp decline in almost all ...

Leading expert reveals how mutation can leave you addicted to junk food… but insists getting dealt a ‘bad hand’ doesn’t mean you’re destined to be fat

Leading expert reveals how mutation can leave you addicted to junk food… but insists getting dealt a ‘bad hand’ doesn’t mean you’re destined to be fat

Health
Sarah Carter

By Emily Craig Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline 08:33 09 Dec 2023, updated 12:18 09 Dec 2023 A gene called MC4R is ...