Can Epigenetics Help Crops Adapt to Climate Change (Not GMOs)?
British researchers turned off a plant gene this year without modifying its DNA sequence. (July 11,2015) There is a shortage of food in many areas of…
DNA
17 Yr-Old Discovered Algorithms to Detect DNA Mutations
High Schooler Andrew Jin wins $150,000 in Intel’s Science Talent Search for machine learning algorithms that detect mutations in the human genome. Source –…
Meteorite Impact May Have Triggered Life on Earth
Did life on Earth emerge from the poisonous gases of a meteorite impact? Scientists created precursors to RNA, proteins and lipids in basic reactions Their…
The RNA Origin of Life
RNA may have been the origin of life on Earth. Go on a whirlwind tour of RNA’s evolving role through billions of years of…