One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig von Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and abdomen swollen, each...
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Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on Lost City of The Incas : ScienceAlert
Standing atop the mountains in the southern highlands of Peru is the 15th-century marvel of the Inca empire, Machu Picchu. Today, the citadel is a global tourist attraction and an icon of precolonial Latin...
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Should DNA Ancestry Kits Come With a Warning? Here Are Five Risks to Consider. : ScienceAlert
In 1853, my great great grandmother Charlotte died giving birth to her 13th child, in a tent on the banks of the Yarra River in what is now South Melbourne – but was then...
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A Grave Warning About Antarctica Is Hidden Inside Octopus DNA : ScienceAlert
Ocean bays that pinch West Antarctica are home to two distinct populations of Turquet’s octopus (Pareledone turqueti). The shared secrets of their ancestors do not bode well for the future health of our planet....
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This Common Artificial Sweetener Can Break Down DNA, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert
The artificial sweetener sucralose (marketed as Splenda) is widely used and found in products like diet soda and chewing gum. According to a new study, it’s also capable of damaging the DNA material inside...
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This Woman Feels No Pain. Decoding Her DNA Could Bring Relief to Millions. : ScienceAlert
Jo Cameron is a 75-year-old Scottish woman who has gone through life without experiencing significant pain of any kind. Even major surgery and childbirth failed to deliver the discomfort most of us would experience....
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Human DNA Is All Over The Planet, And Scientists Are Worried : ScienceAlert
Every skin flake, hair follicle, eyelash, and spit drop cast from your body contains instructions written in a chemical code, one that is unique to you. According to a new study, technology has advanced...
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Babies With DNA From Three People Are Now Being Born in The UK : ScienceAlert
Eight years after the technology was approved by government authorities, it can be reported that at least one child with DNA from three different people has been born to parents in the United Kingdom....
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Ancient Woman’s DNA Recovered From 20,000-Year-Old Necklace Pendant : ScienceAlert
A pendant made from a deer’s tooth has turned out to be a veritable locket of genetic information left by an ancient woman who lived in Siberia some 20,000 years ago. Evolutionary anthropologists at...
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Scientists Have Found 30,000 New Viruses Hiding in The DNA of Microbes : ScienceAlert
While analyzing the genomes of single-celled microbes, a team of researchers made a startling discovery: Thousands of previously unknown viruses were “hidden” within the microbes’ DNA. The researchers found DNA from more than 30,000...
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