Cigarette smoking and heavy alcohol use cause epigenetic changes to DNA that reflect accelerated biological aging in distinct, measurable ways,…
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For a while now, researchers have known that the genes of human DNA strand inside every living cell comprised only 2% of the…
Every summer, on the first weekend in August, thousands of twins converge on Twinsburg, Ohio, a small town southeast of…
Scientists at the Leiden Institute of Physics have confirmed a discovery that will rewrite the books on DNA. Ever since…
The human body continues to reveal the most incredible surprises. For example, just last week scientists announced the discovery of a…
In her fascinating 2015 book Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men (NYU Press), author Jane Ward, a gender and…
In his book, What Is Sport: A Controversial Essay About Why Humans Play Sports, social psychologist Rob Alpha explains how…