Genetics
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Family Ties
African Americans use scientific advances to trace their roots
February 01, 2007 |
By Whitney Dangerfield
Neanderthal Man
Svante Paabo has probed the DNA of Egyptian mummies and extinct animals. Now he hopes to learn more about what makes us tick by decoding the DNA of our evolutionary cousins.
October 2006 |
By Steve Olson
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
A Nobel laureate holds forth on flies, genes and women in science.
June 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Medical Sleuth
To prosecutors, it was child abuse - an Amish baby covered in bruises, but Dr. D. Holmes Morton had other ideas
February 2006 |
By Tom Shachtman
35 Who Made a Difference: James Watson
After DNA, what could he possibly do for an encore?
November 01, 2005 |
By Smithsonian magazine
35 Who Made a Difference: Edward O. Wilson
Vindicated for his controversial sociobiology? Yes. Satisfied? Not yet
November 01, 2005 |
By Robert Wright
Building A Better Banana
It is the world's No. 1 fruit, with millions of people dependent on it to stay alive. Now diseases threaten many varieties, prompting a search for new hybrids of the "smile of nature"
October 2005 |
By Craig Canine
Twin Science
Researchers make an annual pilgrimage to Twinsburg, Ohio, to study inherited traits
November 2004 |
By Mark Wheeler
Kenyon's Ageless Quest
A San Francisco scientist's genetic research renews the ancient hope for a way to slow aging
March 2004 |
By Stephen S. Hall
True or False? Extinction Is Forever
Researchers' efforts to clone the vanished Tasmanian tiger highlight the quandary of reviving long-gone creatures
June 2003 |
By Luba Vangelova
The Stuff of Genes
Fifty years after the discovery of DNA's structure, the payoff hasn't matched the hype. But really, we've only just begun
April 2003 |
By Horace Freeland Judson
Puzzle of the Century
Is it the fresh air, the seafood, or genes? Why do so many hardy 100-year-olds live in yes, Nova Scotia?
January 2003 |
By Mary Duenwald
