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Science Panorama
Evolution: A Matter of Chance?
The evolution of the human species is the result of a long sequence of random processes but that doesn’t mean we evolved by chance
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Science History
The Monk Who Discovered Heredity In a Grain of Pea
The 200th birthday of Gregor Mendel, who revealed the basic laws that govern how traits are passed down through generations
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The Genes Behind Color Vision
What causes color blindness, and why are there so many more color-blind men than women?
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Science news
A New Protein Family
Researchers from the University of Haifa have discovered a new family of proteins that protect wheat and other plants from disease
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Science Panorama
Our Relationship with Sex
How were myths about pregnancy and childbirth born and who disproved them?
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Science news
The Mystery of the Rare Mutation
An Israeli-Japanese collaboration revealed a unique genetic defect that leads to neural dysfunction
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Mankind's Family Tree
An Israeli-American study collected important information from data of millions of social-network users
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Redheads – an Endangered Species?
Is the ginger hair gene in danger of extinction? Genetics says: no reason to worry
