Genes, microbes and other factors govern how each person’s body processes nutrients. Understanding the connections could help optimize diets — and health. By Jyoti MadhusoodananScience journalist For many years, researchers…
Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest…
Learning about my roots has helped me understand intergenerational trauma and cultural resilience related to my genetics. By Kayla DeVaultJournalist and certified engineer One memory comes to me like a…
Returning to culture is a duty my grandfather believed Native elders had to their communities. He passed this on to me, along with his trauma. By Elizabeth HawksworthCanadian poet, blogger…
After turning up hundreds of genes with hard-to-predict effects, some scientists are now probing the grander developmental processes that shape face geometry. By Bob HolmesScience Writer Introduction When Eric Mueller,…
