genetics
'Big Brain' Gene Found in Humans, Not Chimps
Posted in Science on 28th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
A single gene may have paved the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of brain cells found in a key brain region.
DNA screening kit given the go-ahead by US regulator
Posted in Science on 22nd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
The FDA, said the 23andMe product would provide people with information about possible mutations in their genes that could be passed on to their children.
Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago
Posted in Science on 17th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
A spark from a lightning bolt, interstellar dust, or a subsea volcano could have triggered the very first life on Earth. But what happened next?
Doctors store 1,600 digital hearts for big data study
Posted in Software on 15th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
Never before has so much information been collected and storied on so many human hearts.
Software analyzes human genome in as little as 90 minutes
Posted in Science on 5th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
New software can take raw sequence data on a person's genome and search it for disease-causing variations in a matter of hours.