Scientists have known for some time that, far from being silent animals, mice emit song-like ultrasounds, the melodies of which help them find mates. But how do they learn them? Or are they already born knowing how to sing? Two scientific studies try to find the answer.
Do your sheets stick and you have a terrible time opening your eyes every morning? A group of American researchers from Northwestern University could have identified the gene that, when absent, makes it so difficult for some people to leave sleep behind when they wake up.
Using stem cells from young patients with a severe congenital defect that affects the heart, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have created heart cells capable of beating that carry the same genetic mutation as the sick. In this way, they will be able to study the disease in the laboratory in search of a cure.
Are you kind or rather unfriendly? Do you act like a "good Samaritan" or do you indulge in selfish impulses? Part of the answer may be in your genes, according to a new study from the University of Edinburgh published in the journal 'Biology Letters'.
After analyzing the DNA of a family for four generations, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine (USA) believe they have discovered certain alterations in the genetic code that cause some people to sleepwalking.
An international team of scientists, with Spanish participation, has sequenced the DNA of the Sumatran orangutan ('Pongo abelii'). Subsequent sequencing of another five Sumatran and five Bornean orangutans ('Pongo pygmaeus') has shed light on the evolution of great apes and demonstrates the great genetic diversity of these species.
A study from the University of California, San Diego (United States) suggests that we tend to forge friendships with people with whom we share certain genetic traits. To reach this conclusion, James Fowler and his colleagues analyzed genetic markers in six genes.
Two independent scientific teams from CIRAD in Montpellier (France) and the University of California in Gainsville (United States) announced this week in the journal 'Nature Genetics' the sequencing of the strawberry and chocolate genomes.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
