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Can genetically engineered 'woolly' mice help bring back the mammoth?

Colossal Biosciences has altered several genes in mice to make them look more mammoth-like, but the company is far from its goal of fully resurrecting woolly mammoths by 2028

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Why the world’s longevity hotspots may not be all they seem

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How to think about the most contentious ideas in science

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How both your genes and lifestyle alter risk of age-related diseases

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Humans

Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago

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Humans

Enigmatic people who took over Europe millennia ago came from Ukraine

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A farmer checking the quality of sugar cane plants

Environment

Genetic tweak to three key crops massively boosts their growth

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The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

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The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

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P1MNB3 The spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) is a species of viper endemic to western Iran which was described in 2006. The head look

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Richard Dawkins's latest crams gorgeous writing in an ill-fitting box

Culture

Humans

Ancient DNA tells story of toddler who lived in Italy 17,000 years ago

A young boy who lived towards the end of the last glacial period had dark skin, blue eyes and a congenital heart condition, a study of his genome reveals

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Some fish regrow injured fins and we’re closer to understanding how

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Society

A podcast explores how sport is drawing the line between men and women

Culture

Health

Discover RNA's irresistible ascent from humble molecule to CRISPR star

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Life

New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the Tasman Sea

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