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Topic: DNA

Scientists discover 1,600-yr-old mummy of a sheep, & seismometres can trace wandering elephants

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Aryans or Harappans—Who drove the creation of caste system? DNA holds a clue

In ‘Indians’, Namit Arora writes that scientists trace the earliest instances of endogamy in the subcontinent to the first millennium BCE.

E-DNA was tracking endangered animals. Then it was recruited to fight Covid pandemic

Environmental DNA takes advantage of the fact that every animal sheds DNA into its environment as it moves through the world.

X-rays detected from Uranus for the first time 

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

World’s oldest DNA sequenced, belongs to million-year-old Siberian mammoth excavated in 1970s

The findings reveal clues into how other mammoths evolved and provide evolutionary evidence of interbreeding species creating new ones.

Alcohol abuse can change male DNA for three months after stopping, says NIMHANS study

The study has implications for treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder, mostly treated with abstinence which often results in relapse.

Gene-editing cures progeria in mice — a fatal condition Amitabh Bachchan portrayed in ‘Paa’

The Harvard-led study, also involving Vanderbilt University and the US govt’s National Institutes of Health, used a technique inspired by the gene-editing technology CRISPR.

DNA as a flash drive? When scientists stored the message ‘hello world’ inside living cells

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Scientists reveal why North Magnetic Pole has shifted from Canada towards Siberia

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Tropical forests could soon add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere instead of reducing it

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

On Camera

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.