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Science story Biology

What Shapes Personality? Study Finds 1,260 DNA Variants—but Genes Aren’t Destiny

A study of up to 1.14 million people linked 1,260 DNA variants to Big Five personality traits, but each effect was tiny and genes are not destiny.

MuradSeptember 3, 20264 min read

Science story Biology

Semaglutide extended median lifespan by about 12% in older female mice, but the study does not show that Ozempic slows human aging.

MuradSeptember 3, 20264 min read

Science story Biology

Health · Peer reviewed. Rare-variant sequencing identifies 36 risk genes and shared biology—but does not create a diagnostic test.

MuradSeptember 1, 20264 min read

Science story AI

Biology · Preprint. A 44,000-variant map of bacteriophage ΦX174 exposes mutation effects that leading biological AI models still struggle to predict.

MuradSeptember 1, 20264 min read

Science story Anthropology

Wild sooty mangabeys flex their midfeet by as much as 46 degrees, showing why fossil foot shape alone cannot settle ancient climbing ability.

MuradAugust 31, 20264 min read

Science story Biology

More than 800 embryo images reveal a shared right-handed spiral, with unequal growth around a gut tether offering a mechanical explanation.

MuradAugust 31, 20264 min read

Science story Biology

A broad skull comparison suggests the extinct thylacine used fast snapping bites on smaller prey—not wolf-like attacks on sheep.

MuradAugust 31, 20264 min read

Science story Biology

Drying damages tuberculosis DNA and activates repair pathways that may help some rifampin-resistant strains survive transmission.

MuradAugust 30, 20264 min read

Science story Biology

New fluorescent probes image chromatin at 20 nanometres in living cells and localize dyes to about 3 nanometres in preserved cells.

MuradAugust 30, 20264 min read