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  1. The Right Coast

    Could CRISPR create monster animals? STAT reviews ‘Rampage’

    By Thomas A. Smith

    We here at STAT cover CRISPR1 a lot. But it s not every day we get to cover Dwayne The Rock Johnson.The Rock and the genome-editing technology meet in a…

  2. The Right Coast

    Sweet tooth gene shows sugar is not always a villain | Cosmos

    By Thomas A. Smith

    How come your friend eats what she wants and never gets fat but you tuck into the carbs and up go the kilos? She may have been blessed with version…

  3. The Right Coast

    Sweet tooth gene shows sugar is not always a villain | Cosmos

    By Thomas A. Smith

    How come your friend eats what she wants and never gets fat but you tuck into the carbs and up go the kilos? She may have been blessed with version…

  4. The Right Coast

    Raised by Wolves | by Tim Flannery | The New York Review of Books

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Genetic studies of wolves and dogs indicate that their lineages split between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago, and the limited archaeological evidence suggests that the split occurred in Europe. Cattle,…

  5. The Right Coast

    The unwelcome revival of race science

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The recent revival of ideas about race and IQ began with a seemingly benign scientific observation. In 2005, Steven Pinker, one of the world s most prominent evolutionary psychologists, began…

  6. Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

    Chinese Scientists Clone Two Monkeys, Humans May Be Next

    By Gerry W. Beyer

    Chinese scientists have broken a technical barrier that increases the potential for human clones by successfully cloning a pair of monkeys. These scientists implemented the same techniques used to create…

  7. The Right Coast

    Doctor: Trump Has ‘Incredibly Good Genes | The Daily Caller

    By Thomas A. Smith

    ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl asked Jackson, Can you explain to me how a guy who eats McDonald s and fried chicken and all the Diet Cokes and who never…

  8. The Right Coast

    Doctor: Trump Has ‘Incredibly Good Genes | The Daily Caller

    By Thomas A. Smith

    ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl asked Jackson, Can you explain to me how a guy who eats McDonald s and fried chicken and all the Diet Cokes and who never…

  9. The Right Coast

    BBC – Future – The polygamous town facing genetic disaster

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In every case, the child had the same distinctive facial features, the same delayed development most couldn t sit up, let alone walk and, crucially, they were from the same…

  10. The Right Coast

    BBC – Future – The polygamous town facing genetic disaster

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In every case, the child had the same distinctive facial features, the same delayed development most couldn t sit up, let alone walk and, crucially, they were from the same…