You’ve blamed sleeping on your head funny, the heat, the humidity, and your new shampoo — but bad hair days all come down to our genes, according to a new study.
The flow and shape that your hair takes are dictated by ‘whorls,’ a patch growing in a circular pattern typically near the crown of your head. And scientists have now discovered four genetic variants that alter the whorls’ direction and appearance.
The whorl’s point is dictated by the orientation
Mia Tindall showed off the sporty genes that she has clearly inherited from her mum and dad today as she enjoyed trampoline jumping at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park.
With her mum Zara Tindall being a British equestrian and her father Mike Tindall being a former rugby player, Mia was bound to have a sporty side.
The nine-year-old, who is the couple’s eldest child, appeared excited as she joined in the activity during the fun-filled day on
Scientists have for the first time managed to control human DNA with electricity in what could be a breakthrough.
A team in Switzerland successfully switched human genes on and off using electrical currents from two, medical-grade acupuncture needles.
The stimulating zaps helped activate insulin-producing genes, created using gene therapy
Babies born to women without men may have come a step closer after fruit flies were made to have virgin births by scientists.
The first recorded case of a virgin birth in a crocodile earlier this year made headlines around the world – with crocodiles joining a host of animals including chickens, turkeys and Komodo dragons, which can give birth without a male partner, to offspring with only their own DNA.
Now scientists have taken a type of fruit fly
This article was originally published by Quanta Magazine.
Thousands of miles from home in the steamy Amazon rainforest in the mid-1800s, the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates had a problem. More than one, really: There were thumb-size biting insects, the ever-present threat of malaria, venomous snakes, and mold and mildew that threatened to overtake his precious specimens before they could be shipped back to England. But the nagging scientific problem that bothered him involved butterflies.
Bates had noticed that some
On the surface, the September 24 announcement from the head of the CDC outlining who, exactly, would be eligible for COVID-19 booster shots seemed like a clarifying moment. But even as the agency’s leader, Rochelle Walensky, declared the need to make “concrete recommendations that optimize health,” the new guidance was hard to parse. It said, for instance, that people as young as age 18 who received the Pfizer vaccine may get a third shot as long as they have any
