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As the interstellar visitor gets closer to the Earth, observations of its progress have revealed some head-scratching anomalies.
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Interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals could account for why some of us are predisposed to be early birds.
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High strangeness abounds at an alleged 'paranormal vortex' found in the heart of Southern Massachusetts.
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A recent experiment has raised eyebrows due to its potential to bring about a real-life Planet of the Apes.
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A controversial experiment in China has been likened to something out of a 'Planet of the Apes' movie.
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Scientists hoping to make children immune to HIV have produced the first ever genetically edited babies.
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The late physicist predicted that genetic engineering will ultimately render half of the world's population obsolete.
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Researchers in China have injected a patient with cells modified using the CRISPR gene-editing technique.
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Scientists have found a new way to determine a person's appearance by analyzing samples of their DNA.
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Scientists have found that some of your genes may continue to live for over 48 hours after you die.
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It may soon be possible to tinker with our children's genes - but should we really be playing God?
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Scientists have identified a potential new way of extending human longevity by up to 60 percent.
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A female snake has given birth to young for the second time in two years without a male's contribution.
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Scientists have identified the genes that enable these aquatic mammals to live in excess of 200 years.
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African elephants have more genes dedicated to smell than anything else in the animal kingdom.
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Scientists have produced a worm with altered genes that is incapable of ever becoming intoxicated.
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Tibetans are believed to have obtained their resilience to high altitudes from the Denisovan people.
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Scientists may be able to alter our genes to make the human colonization of other planets more viable.
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Scientists have come up with a list of the genes that distinguish us from our prehistoric cousins.