Why Denver Nuggets will, and won’t, repeat as NBA champions
A new NBA season means a new cycle of opining eight months into the future from basketball fans and talking heads. There are 82 games to play, but the question …
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A Groundbreaking Human Brain Cell Atlas Just Dropped
Today, an international team of researchers shared an extraordinarily detailed atlas of human brain cells, mapping its staggering diversity of neurons. The atlas was published as part of a massive …
DNA Drives Help Identify Missing People. It’s a Privacy Nightmare
That’s why Natalie Ram, a law professor at the University of Maryland, cautions that, although families of missing loved ones may be desperate to get answers, it matters which DNA …
In a first, scientists recover RNA from an extinct species — the Tasmanian tiger
Scientists have for the first time recovered and sequenced RNA from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, a Stockholm University researcher told CBS News. The breakthrough potentially raises hope for …
A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis
Using an unblemished femur from the same burial site as a control, his lab extracted degraded DNA present in the bone, sequenced it, and identified strings of nucleotides that resembled …
Everything You Need to Know About Getting Your Genome Sequenced
In a disused town hall building in Stratford, East London, a familiar sight awaits those who enter. Health care workers dressed in scrubs emerge from partitioned sections to address a …
DeepMind’s New AI Can Predict Genetic Diseases
About 10 years ago, Žiga Avsec was a PhD physics student who found himself taking a crash course in genomics via a university module on machine learning. He was soon …
Remains of British climber who went missing 52 years ago found in the Swiss Alps
The remains of a climber discovered in the Swiss Alps last year have been identified as a British mountaineer who went missing 52 years ago, local police said Thursday. It …
Remains of Army Pfc. Arthur Barrett, WWII soldier who died as prisoner of war, buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Inside DPAA’s hunt for lost service members Department of Defense division works to find missing American service members 04:54 The remains of a Vermont World War II soldier who died …
Son stolen at birth hugs his mother for first time in 42 years after traveling from U.S. to Chile
Washington — “Hola, Mama.” What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in this case anything but. Forty-two years ago, hospital workers took Maria Angelica Gonzalez’ son from …