A common analogy in biology compares the genome to a book, where chromosomes are chapters and genes are sentences. Unfortunately, that’s where the analogy ends; one cannot actually “read” the human...
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At the end of “Ab-Soul’s Outro,” the penultimate track on Kendrick Lamar’s 2011 debut album “Section.80,” the Compton, Calif. rapper emphatically declared, “I’m not...
It is quite alarming to realize that all humans originated in Africa around 60,000 years ago. In a world where humans are often segregated according to continent and country, it is difficult to conceptualize...
We may not actually be who we think we are. Or at least, we may be a little more complicated than we give ourselves credit for.
That’s what the genetic study of DNA has begun to explore. The study...
Ever get tired of having to lug around that painfully cumbersome flash drive all the time? Do you ever find that your Word documents tend to just fill up your entire terabyte-sized hard drive leaving...
