Should genetically modified wildlife be banned? Scientists weigh the risks
A corroboree frog is tested for chytrid fungus. Introducing genetic changes to these frogs could help to make…
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Xinhe Zhang, Yuanjun Gu, Sharon A. S. Neufeld, Simon Baron-Cohen & Varun Warrier Autism Research…
record, share and value it
From short scripts to vast simulations of Earth’s climate, protein structures or even the cosmos, it is hard…
Electrically tunable quantum interference of atomic spins on surfaces
Electric control of energy detuning The Ti atoms were deposited on the two-monolayer MgO film grown on Ag(001),…
Naked mole rats live for decades — genetic tweaks reveal insights into ageing
Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) can live for around 30 years. Credit: Getty Four subtle tweaks to an…
palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds
Credit: Katja Heinemann/Aurora/Cavan/Alamy Mark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged…
First proposed blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome: what scientists think
Scientists have developed a blood test that analyses epigenetic changes in immune cells. They say it could be…
Current and recommended diets in the USA have embedded forced labour risk
Willett, W. et al. Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems.…
‘Google for DNA’ brings order to biology’s big data
MetaGraph indexes and vast archives of DNA, RNA, and protein sequences. Scientists can search the archives and trace…
Sex and smoking bias in the selection of somatic mutations in human bladder
Sample collection Two epithelial brushes (2–3 cm2) from the bladder top (dome) and the bladder floor (trigone) were obtained…
Sperm sequencing reveals extensive positive selection in the male germline
Ethics This study was carried out under TwinsUK BioBank ethics, approved by the North West–Liverpool Central Research Ethics…
Brain area linked to chronic pain discovered — offering hope for treatments
Neurons (pictured) in a brain region called the parabrachial nucleus have been implicated in creating the sensation of…