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Author: BY EMILY ANTHES - Publish Date: December 3, 2021 at 02:17AM Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months, but the system has built-in delays, and blind spots remain.

Author: BY CARL ZIMMER - Publish Date: November 30, 2021 at 12:09AM Según los científicos, la nueva variante presenta mutaciones que pueden permitirle evadir los anticuerpos. Pero habrá que seguir investigando para saber cómo se comporta frente a las personas vacunadas.

Author: BY MARIA CRAMER - Publish Date: October 30, 2021 at 12:27AM Ernie LaPointe, the great-grandson of the leader Tatanka Iyotake, said he hoped the DNA confirmation would bolster his campaign to move the chief’s remains.

Author: BY GRETCHEN REYNOLDS - Publish Date: October 20, 2021 at 11:42PM A study in mice raises intriguing questions about the ways that hormones influence the brain and motivate the body to move.

Author: BY LESLEY EVANS OGDEN - Publish Date: October 15, 2021 at 01:00AM A habit that appeared damaging at first glance seems to make oceanic ecosystems more resilient, scientists found.

Author: BY SABRINA IMBLER - Publish Date: July 22, 2021 at 12:25AM New research suggests the iconic Xerces blue butterfly may have been its own species.

Author: BY SABRINA IMBLER - Publish Date: July 9, 2021 at 01:00AM Scientists take a crack at recreating the hypnotic fractal spirals of the Romanesco cauliflower.

Author: BY DENISE GRADY - Publish Date: March 13, 2021 at 10:31AM Genetic sequencing of virus samples from patients in Guinea suggest that the new outbreak is a continuation of the 2014-16 epidemic.

Author: BY JONATHAN CORUM AND CARL ZIMMER - Publish Date: February 9, 2021 at 08:02AM Tracking recent mutations, variants and lineages.

Author: BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI - Publish Date: December 22, 2020 at 08:24AM Los funcionarios de Reino Unido y Sudáfrica afirman que las nuevas variantes se transmiten más fácilmente. Pero eso no es todo, dicen los científicos.

Author: BY CARL ZIMMER AND BENEDICT CAREY - Publish Date: December 22, 2020 at 06:26AM A newly identified variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus appears to be more contagious than established ones. Here’s what scientists know.

Author: BY NILA BALA - Publish Date: January 3, 2020 at 07:23AM By uploading their children’s genetic information on public websites, parents are forever exposing their personal health data.

Author: BY SUI-LEE WEE - Publish Date: December 30, 2019 at 01:46PM He Jiankui’s work was also carried out on a third infant, according to China’s state media, in a new disclosure that is likely to add to the global uproar over such experiments.

Author: BY HEATHER MURPHY AND MIHIR ZAVERI - Publish Date: December 25, 2019 at 06:34AM The tests, from companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry, have become popular holiday gifts, but the military is warning service members of risks to their careers.

Author: KATIE THOMAS and REED ABELSON - Publish Date: August 25, 2019 at 07:00AM New treatments for rare diseases are changing the lives of patients, but the price can reach millions of dollars for a single person.

Author: JAMES GORMAN - Publish Date: August 20, 2019 at 07:00AM Unique sculptures date from the historical moment when two peoples and two cultures met on the banks of a section of the river, now known as the Iron Gates.

Author: HEATHER MURPHY - Publish Date: July 1, 2019 at 07:00AM A new forensic technique sailed through its first test in court, leading to a guilty verdict. But beyond the courtroom, a battle over privacy is intensifying.

Author: TED CHIANG - Publish Date: May 27, 2019 at 07:00AM DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems.

Author: GRETCHEN REYNOLDS - Publish Date: May 15, 2019 at 07:00AM A need and desire to be in motion may have been bred into our DNA before we even became humans.

Author: KAREN BROWN - Publish Date: May 11, 2019 at 07:00AM As my father lay dying, we decided to find out.