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Longevity gene may boost brain power: Researchers discover the gene may enhance cognitive abilities

Scientists showed that people who have a variant of a longevity gene, called KLOTHO, have improved brain skills such as thinking, learning and memory regardless of their age, sex, or whether they have a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Increasing KLOTHO gene levels in mice made them smarter, possibly by increasing the strength of connections…

Genetic Mutants? 5 Strange Science Facts About Moms

Many people will spend Mother's Day, this Sunday (May 11), celebrating the love, warmth and emotional support they get from their mothers. But did you know that many moms are also genetic mutants whose very brains altered in the process of motherhood? Yes, this makes good old mom sound a little bit like an X-man,…

‘Pinocchio Rex’: T. Rex’s Long-Snouted Cousin Discovered

Dead men tell no lies, but perhaps dead dinosaurs do. A new dinosaur species found in China and nicknamed "Pinocchio Rex" was a long-snouted cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex. The narrow-nosed beast was slightly smaller and more slender than T. rex, but was still a top predator, researchers say. It roamedthe Earth more than 66 million years ago…

Trusting the Future? Ethics of Human Genetic Modification

Taboos are an interesting social construct. Every culture tends to regard their own as both inviolable and immutable, but history begs to disagree. It's commonplace for societies to hold as absolute their understanding of what is right and moral and necessary, and to resist the notion that these convictions are, or should be, subject to…

Watch Live Today: White House Discusses New Climate Change Report

The White House is hosting an online event today (May 6) to highlight the findings of a newly released report on the impacts of climate change. The Third U.S. National Climate Assessment details the regional effects of climate change and examines the potential impacts of global warming on the national economy. The report found that…

White House climate assessment puts South Florida at high risk

South Florida is getting hotter, stormier and saltier under a new assessment of climate change being released Tuesday by the White House. The National Climate Assessment, which was overseen by a committee of 60 scientists, carves the nation into 11 regions, with the Southeast, as well as the Caribbean, sitting squarely in the crosshairs of…

Functioning of aged brains and muscles in mice made younger: More progress with GDF 11, anti-aging protein

Professors Lee Rubin and Amy Wagers of Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology have shown that a protein that can make failing hearts in aging mice appear younger may also improve brain and skeletal muscle function. Hope for aging brains, skeletal muscle Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have shown that a protein,…

New Genetic Test Reveals Your Ancestral Origin

For centuries, scientists have sought a biological method for tracing a person's geographic origin. Now, a group of researchers has developed such a genetic ancestry test that can pinpoint the location where a person's ancestors originated more than 1,000 years ago. The genetic algorithm accurately predicts the country of ancestral origin for about 80…

The RNA Origin of Life

RNA may have been the origin of life on Earth. Go on a whirlwind tour of RNA's evolving role through billions of years of evolutionary history. Source: NOVA Labs

Spark of life: Metabolism appears in lab without cells

Metabolic processes that underpin life on Earth have arisen spontaneously outside of cells. The serendipitous finding that metabolism – the cascade of reactions in all cells that provides them with the raw materials they need to survive – can happen in such simple conditions provides fresh insights into how the first life formed. It also…

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Longevity gene may boost brain power: Researchers discover the gene may enhance cognitive abilities

Genetic Mutants? 5 Strange Science Facts About Moms

‘Pinocchio Rex’: T. Rex’s Long-Snouted Cousin Discovered

Trusting the Future? Ethics of Human Genetic Modification

Watch Live Today: White House Discusses New Climate Change Report

White House climate assessment puts South Florida at high risk

Functioning of aged brains and muscles in mice made younger: More progress with GDF 11, anti-aging protein

New Genetic Test Reveals Your Ancestral Origin

The RNA Origin of Life

Spark of life: Metabolism appears in lab without cells

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