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Biologist George Church maintains a list of potentially beneficial gene variantsDON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images “Why should only...

Spotting cancer tumours in mammograms seems to be easier with AIAMELIE-BENOIST/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty People who are...

Epstein-Barr virus is a very common infection, but that doesn’t make it harmlessScience History Images/Alamy About 1 in...

Vast areas of the Amazon rainforest have been burned for cattle ranchingMICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images Deforestation has...

Artist’s reconstruction of a Palaeolithic woman making a digging stick from an alder tree trunkG. Prieto; K. Harvati...

A night at the theatre could do you a world of goodMIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images Getting involved...

A young loggerhead turtle in the Caribbean Sea near the BahamasWaterFrame/Alamy Sea turtles may be better able to...

An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly,...

Treponema pallidum bacteria cause diseases including syphilisScience Photo Library / Alamy Traces of a bacterium related to syphilis...

Biting flies on the head of an American crocodileZeke Rowe/British Ecological Society Most animals would be afraid to...