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37 trillion pieces of you: The plan to map the entire human body

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37 trillion pieces of you: The plan to map the entire human body

The workings of the myriad cells that make us are a huge mystery. A vast new project is changing that – and bringing sweeping insights into how we live and die

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New techniques may soon make designer babies a reality – are we ready?

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Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos' risk of having a low IQ

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The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise

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Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

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Neanderthals were stockier than us, so needed more oxygen

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Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

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Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

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Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

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Secrets of the red squirrel genome (and other iconic British species)

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Secrets of the red squirrel genome (and other iconic British species)

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

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David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from

Harvard geneticist David Reich and his team are DNA testing the bones of ancient humans. Their explosive results are still coming in, but one thing is already certain: much of what we thought we knew about human history is simply wrong

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Traces of mystery ancient humans found lurking in our genomes

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People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk

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Every man in Spain was wiped out 4500 years ago by hostile invaders

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Neanderthals had dexterous hands that could have held tools like a pen

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