Water molecules help proteins read the human genome, research reveals
In a study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, scientists from the Department of Medical Biochemistry and ...
California and Trump: Tariffs, Buyouts, and Los Angeles Wildfire Fallout | “To The Point” Politics
To The Point” host Alex Bell breaks down the week’s top political headlines surrounding California and the Trump ...
Train smashes into SUV that was left on the train tracks
No one was injured.
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Intervening in natural evolution
The story of human evolution in ancient past is said to be written in our modern bodies. In his book “Descent of Man,” Charles Darwin talks about vestigial structures. A vestigial structure is a body ...
Humans and Neanderthals met often, but only one event matters
Homo sapiens began in Africa but Neanderthals were Eurasian. Any miscegenation would have happened after sapiens left its ...
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Exploring the World of Bacterial Genomes with Novel Sequencing Methods
Sequencing bacterial genomes allows scientists to study bacterial diversity, immunity, and the human microbiome, but it ...
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Researchers discover how opsin 3, a light-sensitive brain protein, regulates food consumption in mice
Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children’s found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat ...
Celebrating World Pangolin Day with new genomes to aid the world's most trafficked animal
Pangolins are unique as they are the only mammal to be covered in scales. Even though they are scaly, photos of them are ...
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...