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Why Did It Take 35 Years for the World To Get a Malaria Vaccine?

Pratik Pawar 27/05/2022

The parasite’s complex biology played a role in the...

Habiba Suleiman (28) a District Malaria Surveillance Officer (DMSO) in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Emerging in Africa. Is the World Ready?

Pratik Pawar 27/01/2022

Resistance to the drug artemisinin has been confirmed in...

missing heritability problem, gene variants, rare diseases, genome wide association studies, whole genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, body mass index, human body height, polygenic risk score, preprint paper, peer review, genetic variation, heritability,

The Hidden Mutations That Could Help You Evolve Better

Pratik Pawar 20/08/2019

Noted evolutionary biologists like Stephen Jay Gould and others...

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We Know Roundworms Inherit Knowledge. Now We’re Starting to Find Out How.

Pratik Pawar 29/06/2019

The idea that changes in the nervous system can...

bonobos, chimpanzees, sex life, animal mating, cultural knowledge, menopause, patriarchy, matriarchy, philopatric, primatology, Homo sapiens, orcas,

How Bonobo Mums Are Committed to Improving Their Sons’ Sex Lives

Pratik Pawar 10/06/2019

Bonobo sons who stayed with their mothers were found...

Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars, point circle method, spaceflight, astronomy, data torture, Keplerian orbital elements, orbits of the planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, top news, headlines, astronomical units,

Did You Know? On Average, Mercury Is Earth’s Closest Neighbour.

Pratik Pawar 28/03/2019

Trying to improve stargazing and space-journeying are lofty goals...

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Could Ancestral Memories of Experiences Really Be Inherited?

Pratik Pawar 08/02/2019

In an experiment, roundworms were found inheriting a memory...