Another DNA Testing Company Reportedly Gets Fooled by Dog DNA
Consumer DNA testing is going to the dogs.
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Consumer DNA testing is going to the dogs.
The science behind getting people to think before they drink.
From beyond the grave, too.
When a star meets the gravity of a black hole, chaos ensues.
If you’re arachnophobic, we hate to tell you this, but spiders can fly.
This study isn’t the first to find that e-cigarette flavourings could hurt our circulation, but the researchers behind it say it’s the most direct proof yet.
These drugs can improve the brain’s plasticity, which includes its ability to repair itself from damage caused by things like stress or trauma (but we wouldn't advise trying this at home).
The extraordinary discovery is proof that frogs were occupying tropical rainforests at least 100 million years ago.
It has scary implications when it comes to privacy, as invisible radio signals are everywhere.
We’re quickly driving the climate over the guard rails that have allowed humanity to flourish.
Ever looked at a picture of the supercontinent Pangea and wondered where your current address would have been 250 million years ago? A new interactive map provides this very service.
New research shows that even our ancestors in the Bronze Age changed the chemistry of the soils they farmed over 2,000 years ago.
Instead of looking for megastructures and spaceships, we should consider something a bit more obvious.
Diamonds may be rare and precious on Earth, but in the context of the cosmos, they’re remarkably abundant.
Jason, whose amber coffin was found in Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar, is now the oldest known member of the featherwing beetle lineage.
A test developed by scientists in the UK and US might someday be able to pinpoint the men most likely to get prostate cancer.
