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Tech

Herpes Went Mainstream With the Spread of Ancient ‘Romantic’ Kissing, Study Suggests

07.27.22

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Scientists Sequence DNA of Man Who Died In Pompeii Eruption for First Time

05.26.22

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Complete Human Genome Sequenced for First Time In Major Breakthrough

03.31.22

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Less Than 7% of the Human Genome Is Actually Uniquely Human, Study Finds

07.21.21

By Radhamely De Leon
Tech

DNA Can Help Return Indigenous Remains to Ancestral Sites

12.19.18

By Becky Ferreira
Health

Tortoise DNA Might Hold the Answers to Living Longer

12.07.18

By Shayla Love
Tech

Scientists Found Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria In Space

11.27.18

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

23andMe Sold Access to Your DNA Library to Big Pharma, But You Can Opt Out

07.26.18

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

The Mysterious Disappearance of North America’s First Dogs

07.06.18

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Don’t Give Your DNA to Giant Genetic Databases

05.02.18

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Cheddar Man Gets a Scientifically Accurate Makeover

02.08.18

By Sarah Bellman
Tech

These Were the Biggest Scientific Developments of 2017 

12.14.17

By David Hillier

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