Genetics
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Protruding eyes, flat faces, short legs: Selective breeding has serious consequences for animals
Jacqueline Boyd, The Conversation
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Remembering Har Gobind Khorana, the chemist who overcame poverty to win the Nobel Prize
Sahotra Sarkar, The Conversation
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Indica and sativa: The labels used to describe cannabis strains are largely meaningless
Sophie Watts, The Conversation
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Why do limbs grow from torsos and not heads? A look at the genetic GPS system offers an explanation
Ethan Bier, The Conversation
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Unusual frogs and red pandas: Genetic science is identifying more species in the Himalayas
Saugat Bolakhe
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Scientists identify the genes that cause endometriosis, giving hope for a new treatment
Krina Zondervan, The Conversation Thomas Tapmeier, The Conversation
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What coronavirus mutations mean for its vaccine, treatment and testing
Claire Crossan, The Conversation
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Indian scientists are using strands of tiger hair to map the wild cat’s population
Aathira Perinchery
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Contrary to what you might have heard, SARS-CoV-2 is neither more nor less virulent in India
Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com
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Scientists suspect that your genes decide how your body reacts to coronavirus
Austin Nguyen, The Conversation Abhinav Nellore, The Conversation Reid Thompson, The Conversation
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These findings by 700 scientists around the world will be the next big thing in cancer research
Melissa Southey, The Conversation
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Scientists think they have discovered ancient dinosaur DNA – but there are reasons to be sceptical
Michael J Benton, The Conversation
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Human evolution: We’ve got the famous ‘march of progress’ image all wrong
Jordi Paps, The Conversation Cristina Guijarro-Clarke, The Conversation
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Targeting this gene could help scientists fight at least 20 autoimmune diseases
Melissa Grant-Peters, The Conversation
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Why we should be wary of epigenetics, the science that reveals our ‘true’ age
Charles Dupras, The Conversation Martine Lappé, The Conversation Michael S Kobor, The Conversation
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Early humans in Africa may have interbred with an unidentified ghost species
George Busby, The Conversation
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The jail term for CRISPR babies scientist reopens the debate on the ethics of gene-editing
Françoise Baylis, The Conversation
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China’s failed gene-edited baby experiment proves we’re not ready for human embryo modification
Dimitri Perrin, The Conversation Gaetan Burgio, The Conversation
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Inequality has become so embedded in Britain that it can be seen in people’s DNA
David Hugh-Jones and Abdel Abdellaoui, The Conversation
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Is there one ‘gay gene’? No, we found there are many
Brendan Zietsch, The Conversation