Scientists solve genetic puzzle surrounding Mundas

Study says genetic makeup of Mundas is a result of interaction that happened 2,000-4,000 years ago between Indian Dravidian and …

Plants can recover after being burned, so why might some species in the Amazon face local wipe out?

How resilient are indigenous goats to climate change

Indian scientists have identified biomarkers to reflect the impact of heat stress on meat characteristics and productivity in goats

New method to study insect muscles developed

Micro-level computed tomography (microCT) scanning can help scientists understand how human muscles function

Ancient DNA is revealing the origins of livestock herding in Africa

Pastoralism’s roots could hold clues to help solve modern challenges

STI council leverages science & tech through 9 missions

Projects to be in areas ranging from biodiversity to artificial intelligence 

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here's why

The symptoms of 'schizophrenia' are very real, but experts are looking for a better way to define them

World’s first three-parent baby raises questions about long-term health risks

It's a landmark case but there are many unknowns

Swiss bans GM for five years

How culture shaped evolution

A new book argues that cultural evolution helped in the accumulation of locally adaptive knowledge much faster than genetic evolution

Veterinary drug may be repurposed for human cancers: study

Used to treat infections caused by parasitic worms in animals like horses, Fenbendazole has a good potential for development as an effective anti-…

In caste-ridden India, genetic isolation may be harmful to health

Occurrence of genetic diseases could be due to genetic isolation caused by endogamous marriages over generations

Researchers assess Iceland’s DNA

The study would go a long way in finding women at risk of developing breast cancer, according to the team

पहली बार जलवायु परिवर्तन से लड़ने वाले काबुली चने के जीन की पहचान

पहली बार वैज्ञानिकों ने जीनोम सिक्वेसिंग के जरिए काबुली चने के ऐसी किस्म की पहचान की है जो जलवायु परिवर्तन की समस्याओं से लड़ने ...

No evidence to show CRISPR babies will die early: Scientists

The erroneous conclusion, made earlier, was caused by technical errors in how the mutation was identified in a population-health database

Haryana’s Rors brought Western flavour to the Indus Valley

New genetic study claims that the Rors came to the Indus Valley when it was flourishing during the Bronze Age and inducted West Eurasian genetic …

Wild tomatoes can help in making commercial varieties disease-free

Indian and Israeli scientists found a way to develop tomatoes resistant to the most common disease, Early Blight

Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?

Genome editing and synthetic biology are giving rise to new forms of life. But do these organisms have conservation value as part of earth's …

Scientists unravel fungus responsible for Sheath Blight disease in rice

Researchers have identified several genes and gene families in the strain that might account for their disease aggressiveness

Making sunlight liquid – a brief history of sunflowers

If we continue to adapt sunflowers to our needs as climates change, we must ensure diverse genes are conserved for future generations 

Genes are not destiny: environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence

Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn't make educational intervention pointless

Here’s how genetics helped crack the history of human migration

Humans evolved in Africa, spread across the world, and then it gets messy. Luckily advances in genetic sequencing have helped …

Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up

Indigenous Americans have no history of open ocean voyaging. Similarly, there is no archaeological evidence of pre-Polynesian occupation on any …

COVID-19: Your genes could determine whether SARS-CoV-2 puts you in hospital

Results of an analysis suggested there were differences in people’s DNA that could influence their ability to respond to a SARS-CoV-2 infection

Botswana is humanity’s ancestral home, claims major study – well, actually …

Mitochondrial DNA comes almost only ever from mothers, so the story of its inheritance is much simpler than the histories of other genes