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As the article states, the challenge is to confirm the data and discover what exactly its role is. So something to keep eyes and ears open for... http://www.idibell.cat/modul/news/en/794/discovered-the-sixth-dnas-base

Micheal Lutter MD, PhD. is known for research regarding the relationship between psychiatric disorders and metabolic diseases. In a previous study he and fellow researchers at the University of Iowa discovered a gene linked to eating disorders. Now, in a new study they have shown how the loss of...

To add to the hand holding skeletons uncovered in England and the embracing pair from Siberia, archaeologists working at a site in Greece, uncovered this intertwined pair, who are being called the "spooning couple"...

Binge drinking during adolescence may upset brain development at a critical time and leave lasting effects on genes and behaviour that persist into adulthood. These are the conclusions of a study carried out by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine after...

Here is an interesting piece from the Penn State News. Maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation may, according to studies from Penn University, prime offspring for weight gain and obesity, later in life. In a new study, researchers fed a group of rats a high fat diet during pregnancy and...

Fragile X Syndrome is a genetic condition which affects approximately 1 in 4000 males and 1 in 6000 females. It is caused by a mutation on the X chromosome and is the most common known cause of inherited learning disabilities. Apparently however, more common are Fragile X carriers of a lesser...

Here is a very nice study that has been done via joint research by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the Department of Biology, at McGill University, Canada. Together the team have been conducting epigenetic experiments on Camponotus ants, with regard to size. As there is...

Many people may "knock on wood" or read their horoscope daily. Others may believe it truly unlucky for a black cat to cross their path or believe Friday 13th is a bad day. Some in sports will carry out certain rituals before games, believing it will bring luck or help put them in the "zone"...

After much debate, with arguments for and against coming from many within Politics, Medicine and Church, the U.K. has voted Yes, to three person babies. This makes the U.K. the first country to do so...

I came across this abstract this morning by chance whilst reading a related topic. It is an abstract which is behind a pay-wall unfortunately. However, what it regards is a genetic analysis, carried out via two independent studies of Finnish prisoners who had committed violent crime. The...

A hoard of Viking treasure has been found in Dumfriesshire Scotland. The find, which comprises of over one hundred pieces, is being hailed as the most significant, in terms of material range, yet found in Scotland. The pieces which come from Ireland, Scandinavia and Central Europe, include a...

Scientists have identified some of the earliest cave art. The cave art is from the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi, and is said to be as old and as complex as the cave art we know from Europe. It had been discovered in the 1950s and initially dismissed as younger, new dating has changed the view...

Here is the latest bog body to be found in Ireland It was discovered last week in Meath. I doubt if DNA testing can or will be done. Which leads to my usual question, when oh when will we get some results from Ireland...

Archaeologists working on a site in China`s Shaanxi Province, have unearthed the tomb of Grandmother to China`s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. [ his tomb is famous for the Terracotta Army] Whilst the dig is still in progress, two very well preserved carriages and the skeletons of twelve horses...

Here is a very interesting piece with a great video of the find. Look at the varied amphorae. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140825/local/ancient-phoenician-boat-believed-found-in-maltese-waters.533133

Earlier this year, I read this piece regarding the discovery of a Celtic disc/ brooch. It had been buried inside a clump of organic matter which came from an excavation in Norway, in the 1880s. The said clump of organic matter had sat since 1891 on a shelf in the storeroom of the British...

I notice the push to be seen as "empathetic" by some businesses has been more prevalent recently. Now it seems some politicians are trying to pick up on the need to show this. Ed Miliband has enlisted the help of well known Cambridge academic Professor Simon Baron Cohen to help him with his...

Autism is less common in girls than boys. Gender difference is seen in disorders such as autism spectrum disorder [ASD] and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] with more males affected than females. In ASD, on average, one female will be affected to every seven males. Now new data...

A giant virus that lay dormant under the Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years, has come back to life. The ancient pathogen called Pithovirus sibericum which belongs to a class of "giant viruses", was discovered by a team of French scientists. It had been sleeping 30m down in the frozen ground...

800.000 year old footprints , the earliest outside Africa, turn up on a beach in Norfolk. They may, according to some, be evidence for Homo antecessor...