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History

Modern Humans intermingled with Neanderthals and Denisovans when they left Africa: Scientists

Modern humans had Neanderthals as their ancestors. But it was not as if the break and distinction was a clean and one-time thing. There was a lot of intermingling and interbreeding. Homo sapiens intermingled with Neanderthals and Denisovans when they left Africa. Wouldn't that require a lot of maturity? Do

Desh Kapoor

01 Sep 19 2 min read

Business

Myriad Genetics patents Breast, Ovarian Cancer Genes: Who Owns Human Genes now?

Myriad Genetics, is a Utah-based biotechnology company. It has discovered and isolated two extremely important genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer — BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. Now, Myriad Genetics has patented its discovery which grants it a 20-year monopoly over use of the genes for research, diagnostics and

Desh Kapoor

15 Apr 13 2 min read

Sciences

Scientists use man-made DNA speck to store digital data!

Scientists have now created a synthetic DNA and used it to store 154 Shakespeare sonnets, a photo, a PDF of a scientific paper, and a 26-second sound clip from US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jnr’s “I Have a Dream” speech on it. The speck of hardly even

Desh Kapoor

27 Jan 13 2 min read

Europe

Beef Burgers in Britain and Ireland contained Horse meat

The Brits are in a bit of trouble. Their Beef burger patties had Horsemeat in it as well. > Many of Britain’s biggest retailers were forced to pull products from their shelves yesterday as their suppliers were found to be selling beefburgers laced with horse meat. Tesco’s were found

Desh Kapoor

17 Jan 13 3 min read

Achievement and Leadership

25% of Leadership Abilities are due to Inherited Genes

Will leader’s son be a leader? The Bushes, the Gandhis/Nehrus, the Clintons, the Kennedys, the Bhuttos – does a leader beget a leader off-spring? Well, a new study seems to suggest that Leadership – although largely a learnt skill – is also inherited in part due to a Gene Sequence. > The

Desh Kapoor

17 Jan 13 2 min read

Australia

Indians more Australian than European Settlers: Study finds Indians went to Australia 4230 years ago

In times when Australians – Caucasian primarily – are targeting Indians, for being “outsiders”… comes the scientific reminder from the Gene pool. Mate!! We are MORE Australians than you all are! From the perch that Indians see Australia now, YOU may be outsiders! LOL. See, how a small Gene thingy turns the

Desh Kapoor

16 Jan 13 1 min read

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