GENETICS
Genetics is the study of genes, heredity, and how traits are passed from one generation to the next. RathBiotaClan covers the latest genetics research — from DNA discoveries and gene editing to genomics, inheritance, and the molecular basis of life.
Fruit Fly Study Challenges 20-Year Epigenetics Theory on Cell Memory
A new study from Umeå University is shaking up 20+ years of thinking in biology. Scientists have long believed a...
“Alien DNA”? The Viral Sequences That Became Part of the Human Genome
Headlines call it alien. Scientists call it horizontal gene transfer. What the latest genomic research actually reveals is far more...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
Humpback whale sexual selection shifts as populations recover from whaling
Humpback whale sexual selection is undergoing a profound transformation as populations recover from decades of commercial whaling, according to a...
Early Aromatic Amino Acids in LUCA Proteins Hint at Chaotic Genetic Code Origins And Alien Ocean Chemistry
New Evidence Suggests We May Have Been Wrong About The Origin of Life. Looking back roughly four billion years to...
Aging-Associated Mitochondrial Circular RNAs Regulate Cellular Senescence
The study was led by first author Hyejin Mun at the University of Oklahoma, with Je-Hyun Yoon (University of Oklahoma)...
Why Epstein Barr Virus Lingers Dangerously in Some People
Imagine a virus that infects nearly everyone on the planet by adulthood, yet behaves like a harmless hitchhiker in most...
Blindsight: How Neuralink Plans to Restore Vision by Writing Directly to the Brain
Imagine a world where blindness is no longer an unbreakable barrier a device that bypasses damaged eyes entirely, feeding visual...
Plant Based Antiviral Chewing Gum Reduce Influenza and Herpes Simplex Virus Transmission
Imagine popping a piece of gum before heading into a crowded subway or a family gathering during flu season. What...
Can we find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA on a 500-year-old drawing?
In April 2024, geneticist Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe rubbed a swab over a red chalk drawing. This sketch, titled Holy Child, might...
POPULAR NEWS
Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles directly into your mouth with every piece you chew
Microplastics are turning up in places researchers never expected: deep-sea sediments, Arctic ice, and human blood. Now, a UCLA pilot...
Yelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
Is Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
Global Sperm Counts Have Dropped 50% in 50 Years Now 128 Men Are Racing Their Way to a $100,000 Prize to Prove the Point
A group of technology entrepreneurs is staging a competitive event in San Francisco in which semen samples from 128 men...
EDITOR CHOICE‘S
Volcanic Eruptions Can Destroy Their Own Methane — Tonga’s Plume Shows How
A study published in Nature Communications analyzed the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption's impact on methane in the atmosphere. It...
For Future Space Missions, Molecular Ecology Finally Offers a Clear Biosignature Target
When the next generation of probes scoops up dust from the icy shell of Europa or the surface of Mars,...
Scientists Say Babies May Learn to Yawn Before Birth
Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology the first empirical evidence...
Cycling Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Study of Nearly 480,000 Adults
Dementia affects tens of millions of people worldwide, and projections suggest that number could nearly triple by 2050. Physical activity...
