Open the Youtube video The origin of life is one big chemical Catch-22. It always has been. To get life started, you need a ...

Is complex social behavior genetically determined? Yes, as a team of biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

An apparent case of accidental domestication, these bears developed calmer temperaments over millennia. In A Nutshell Italy’s 50 remaining Apennine brown bears carry genetic signatures at 17 genes ...

The blurred lines between conditions such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia may finally have a genetic explanation. A new study, applying advanced genomic statistical methods to data from over ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called "exposomics." Similar to the way scientists work to map ...

Widely circulated claims of out-of-control mass immigration in Australia are false and misleading and stem from the incorrect reporting of tourism and travel data that has nothing to do with migration ...

This important study provides a theoretical framework for quantifying privacy risk from publicly shared genome-wide association summary statistics. The findings reveal the conditions under which ...

Statistical models predict stock trends using historical data and mathematical equations. Common statistical models include regression, time series, and risk assessment tools. Effective use depends on ...

It's time for another round of listener Q&A. Join us as we tackle audience questions about the genetic drivers of heart disease and the problem of specialization in medicine on the Science Dispatch ...