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Newly-Discovered 'Borg' DNA Is Unlike Anything Scientists Have Ever Seen
These 'Borg' elements assimilated genes from other organisms, and could be used to help fight climate change.
People Who Work Out Are Biologically Younger
But if you want that edge, you're really going to have to work for it.
Genetic Editing Could Cause the Next Cold War
If China pursues human genetic enhancement and the US retreats under a conservative government, it could create a divide between the modified and the not, sewing the seeds of global conflict.
Male Mice without the Y Chromosome Can Still Reproduce, So What’s It For?
A new study shows male mice with no y-chromosome genes can still reproduce, with a little help.
Scientists Discovered a New Mechanism In Cell Division
It could one day pave the way for targeted cancer treatments.
Climate Change Is Turning All Sea Turtles Female
Climate change is bringing about a higher proportion of females to males in sea turtles, thanks to a seemingly idiotic genetic quirk called temperature-dependent sex determination. No one has yet figured out why turtles reproduce this way.
Brain Cells May Live Longer When Not Tied to Their Weakling, Mortal Flesh
Bring on the Krang-style immortality.