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After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called "exposomics." Similar to the way scientists work to map ...

Exposure to infections (for example, rubella), toxins (for example, lead, very high levels of alcohol), and certain medications (for example, thalidomide) in the womb adversely affects the developing ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

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Few of us ever think about what happens beneath our feet when we walk through a field of wheat or clover. We see the stalks, leaves, and flowers, but in practice we have no direct access to the roots.

Few of us ever think about what happens beneath our feet when we walk through a field of wheat or clover. We see the stalks, leaves, and flowers, but in practice we have no direct access to the roots.

"We have improved @Grok significantly," Elon Musk wrote on X last Friday about his platform's integrated artificial intelligence chatbot. "You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions." ...

Humans’ ability to reason is not the same as AI gathering information. When we interact with an AI model, it can be easy to subtly ascribe some measure of natural intelligence to the system, even ...

Proteogenomics explores how genetic information translates into protein expression and function, and the role of changes across DNA, RNA, and proteins in influencing disease development and ...

Genetic engineering has transformed medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology by allowing direct modification of DNA. While the benefits are tremendous, the ethics of genetic engineering raise ...