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Genomes and language provide clues on the origin of Homer's classic 
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Researchers from Harvard have now encoded an entire book in molecules of DNA- the building blocks of life.
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The point is to show how advances in imaging and data visualization technologies enable inter-disciplinary research which just a decade ago would have been impossible to conduct. There is also a somewhat artistic quality to these images, which reinforces the notion of data visualization being both art and science. CONNECTOME: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=connectome
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How can a "thumbs up" sign help us remember five processes that impact evolution? The story of the Five Fingers of Evolution gives us a clever way of understanding change in gene pools over time.
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In a dog-eat-dog world of ruthless competition and ‘survival of the fittest,’ new research reveals that individuals are genetically programmed to work together and cooperate with those who most resemble themselves.
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What can surnames tell us about the culture, genetics and history of our society?
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Researchers have identified some of the genes that influence how nice you are.
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A new hypothesis posed by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, associate professor and colleagues could be a game changer in the evolution arena. According to the hypothesis, evolution pushes microorganisms to lose essential functions when there is another species around to perform them. This idea counters popular evolutionary thinking that living organisms evolve by adding genes rather than discarding them.
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Computer game crowdsources DNA sequence alignments across different species.
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Evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading Professor Mark Pagel argues that our cultural influences are more important to our success as a species than our genes in his new book published this week.
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Earlier studies that linked specific genes to intelligence were largely wrong, Harvard researchers find For decades, scientists have understood that there is a genetic component to intelligence, but a new Harvard study has found both that most of the genes thought to be linked to intelligence are probably not in fact related to it, and identifying intelligence's specific genetic roots may still be a long way off.
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David Sloan Wilson believes that ‘multilevel selection’ sees individuals evolve to behave in a way that benefits their group, which then does better as a result. It could have important implications for business.
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A Planet of Viruses | If not for a virus, none of us would ever be born.In 2000, a team of Boston scientists discovered a peculiar gene in the human genome.
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This is a newly revised 3 minute HD dramatic video choreographed to powerful music, which introduces the viewer to the wonder and miracle of cells.
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A new study says that where we live- our geographical location- is important in determining how much our development will be affected by genetic and environmental factors.
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The settings for a person’s biological clock might provide clues to when, during the day, he or she will be more active. What’s more, these same settings could be linked to what time of day a person might die, a new study finds.
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Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a "God spot," one distinct area of the brain responsible for spirituality. Now, University of Missouri researchers have completed research that indicates spirituality is a complex phenomenon, and multiple areas of the brain are responsible for the many aspects of spiritual experiences. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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Low social status is bad for your health. Biologists are starting to understand why
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The first human eggs grown from human stem cells could be fertilized with human sperm cells later this year, potentially revolutionizing fertility treatment for women. This could be one more step on the path toward reproduction sans human interaction — in this case, a potential parent wouldn’t even need to donate her eggs. But it could also turn stem cells into an infinite loop, of egg cells into embryos into stem cells, and on and on, in a fractal-like repetition of reproduction.
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A study of recurring DNA snippets in the people of Madagascar calls to mind the phrases that punctuate Wagner’s “Ring” operas.
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Have you ever felt like you're really a fish? That you love the water, you want to swim forever, that you should don an artificial tail and eat kelp for the rest of your life? Then congratulations, you're crazy.
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"Brain neural stem cells derived from human skin cells: these stem cells express typical marker genes of brain neocortical stem cells, such as Pax6 (Red fluorescent labeled), and form a rosette structure resembling the transection of the neural tube."
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The fundamental issue with this question is that there is an assumption that humans evolved from apes - but this is not the case. The simple answer is that humans did not evolve from apes: both apes, humans, and other primates evolved from a common ancestor. The common ancestor was probably more similar to apes than humans in terms of appearance. It is estimated that this lineage branched apart 8 million years ago - one branch leading to homonids (human-like), and the other branch leading to apes. This estimate varies - some arguing the split was as close as 5 million years ago, others that it was as distant as 20 million years ago.
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Whether you’re a safe, conservative investor or a fast-trading stock-swapper, genes may actually play a role in some of your decisions. Individuals frequently exhibit investment biases, such as not diversifying enough, being reluctant to sell stocks that have lost money or simply trading too much. Now, new research from Stephan Siegel, visiting professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, shows some investors may be born with those biases.
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Schatz believes the solution lies in cloud computing. He hopes to use Google's algorithms to sort through the genomic data deluge. “Our genome is a molecule about three billion bases long, but today there is no technology that can just read off all of these individual nucleotides," he told Big Think. "Instead, the technology sequences little tiny fragments from here and here and here and here and here. How can we interpret what the entire genome is from all these little snippets?”
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