Evolution in fast-forward
Hard times can snuff out some species. But with sufficient genetic diversity, a population can evolve with remarkable speed – even within a generation Wendy Orent We all know what…
Chemical tags key to brain cell differences
Scientists have profiled the arrangement of methyl chemical tags on DNA in individual neurons, thus providing the most detailed information yet on what makes one brain cell different from its…
Exorcising the very bones
Blocking a long-chain sugar stops tumors developing in genetically susceptible mice . . Patients with a rare disease that causes the growth of multiple benign bone tumors – multiple hereditary…
Weaponized fungus takes on the mosquito
P Rajendran Fungi could be one answer to the world’s mosquito problem, or so suggests recent research done by researchers from different parts of the globe. Mosquitoes have had the…