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Genetic study pins horse domestication to steppes - AP

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Researchers generally date domestication to about 6,000 years ago

Brain size and intelligence linked to specific genes - Fox News

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Britain Brains Mind as Matter

With data from 21,151 people, the researchers were able to link specific genes to variations in brain size.

The slutty gene - Fox News

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New studies reveal that promiscuity may be in your DNA

Aging reversed in mice - WSJ

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Scientists have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, an achievement that suggests a new approach for tackling similar disorders in people

Experts determine the age of 'Eve' - LiveScience

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Scientists analyzed the mitochondrial DNA of humanity’s chief maternal ancestor

Craig Venter boots up first synthetic cell - Popular Mechanics

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The world’s first synthetic, self-replicating cell was announced by Craig Venter, a well-known figure in genetics

Scientists create first synthetic cell - WSJ

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The J. Craig Venter Institute has created the first man-made cell that can survive and reproduce on its own

Wrongly convicted of a crime? Great, Big brother wants your DNA - CNET

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Millions of Americans who have not been convicted of a crime will likely have their DNA added to a national database, according to a bill approved by the U.S. House

UC Berkeley wants students' DNA - KTVU

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Once a voluntary DNA sample is sent in and tested, it will show the student’s ability to tolerate alcohol, absorb folic acid and metabolize lactose

DNA to power future computers - MSNBC

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Engineers have long dreamed of using DNA as the backbone for the next generation of computer circuits. New research shows just how it might be done

There’s a little Neanderthal in us - Boston Globe

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Neanderthals — extinct for 30,000 years — live on today in the DNA of many people because the Ice Age brutes probably mated with prehistoric humans, scientists said yesterday.

DNA robots spin gold in molecular factory - CNET

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U.S. scientists have developed microscopic robots composed of DNA that can follow instructions and work together like an assembly line to make products such as particles of gold.

Scientists planning dinosaur resurrection - Daily Mail

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In an extraordinary Jurassic Park- style experiment, DNA from a frozen specimen of the extinct giant was used to reproduce their blood

Embryo has two mommies ... and a daddy - The Sun

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UK scientists have created “designer embryos” containing DNA from a man and TWO women

End of gene patents will force companies to change - Wired.com

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When you went to sleep last Sunday night, 20 percent of your genome belonged to a researcher or company. Today, it belongs to you

Robots successfully deploy cancer-fighting RNA - POPULAR SCIENCE

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‘Gene silencing’ robots deploy RNA into humans that fight and kill cancer and tumors

Body bacteria gives away identity - POPULAR SCIENCE

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As it turns out, even the most obsessive-compulsive among us carry about 150 species of bacteria around on our hands, and those bacteria in turn carry a genome unique to that person, making your bacteria your identity