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Was human DNA edited by aliens?

Research of the human genome has revealed an odd hidden code in our DNA. Ancient Astronaut Theorists believe this could be evidence of alien manipulation, in this scene from Season 13, "The Artificial ...
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Eight percent of your DNA isn't human - here's where it comes from

Human DNA isn't actually entirely human. Strangely, a lot of our genetic material came from unwanted guests hitching rides in ...

An Ancient Hibernation Switch Lives in Your DNA—And Scientists Are Tapping Into Its Power

Humans possess the genetic machinery that bears and bats use for hibernation, research has found. Is this the dawn of a new ...
The Economist

The human genome encodes for a new category of molecule

I n science, whether an anomaly is insignificant or the basis for a promising new field of study can boil down to the ...
AOL

How fast does human DNA mutate? Scientists finally know

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...
Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering

Hopkins MD/PhD student wins 2026 Soros Fellowship for “dark genome” research

Johns Hopkins MD/PhD student Akshaya Annapragada has been awarded a 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship. She's developed ...
Medical Xpress

Human-specific DNA enhancer linked to brain development and neuron proliferation

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor proliferation and cortical size. Small genetic changes in HARE5 amplify a key ...
ucdavis.edu

Finding Human Brain Genes in Duplicated DNA

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...