Spanish researchers say Maria Branyas Morera won a genetic lottery. But experts caution that healthy genes and microbiomes don’t explain longevity on their own.
Category: Genetics and Heredity
These Ants Found a Loophole for a Fundamental Rule of Life
Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species.
Man Who Vanished Is Identified 52 Years Later, Bringing ‘Rest’ to His Sisters
Eric Singer left his Ohio home on his bicycle, never to be seen again. With the help of advances in DNA research, he was finally found.
U.S. Leaves Vietnam’s War Dead Unidentified
Damien Cave, the Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, takes us to a cemetery in northern Vietnam, where scientists are using innovative DNA analysis techniques to match unidentified Vietnamese soldiers with their living relatives before U.S.A.I.D. cuts defund the program.
How New DNA Science Could Help More Families of the Missing
Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded human remains.
Human Activity Is Driving the Evolution of Wild Animals, New Studies Find
Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild animals.
Who Founded Carthage? New Genetic Study Upturns Old View
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests they were more closely related to Greeks.
