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Ancient DNA from forgotten colonial graveyard just linked 1.3 million living Americans to Maryland's earliest settlersResearchers have used ancient DNA to connect over 1.3 million living Americans to forgotten 17th-century English and Irish settlers of St. ...- African Proverb of the Day: 'We desire to bequeath two things to our children...'-Inspiring lessons on parenting, identity, freedom, and why children need both strong values and the courage to flyAn African proverb emphasizes the dual necessity of providing children with strong roots in values and identity, alongside the wings of fre...
- Quote of the Day by Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta: ‘When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land…’ Lesson from one of history’s most powerful quotes on colonialismQuote of the Day by Jomo Kenyatta highlights a historical truth about colonial expansion in Africa. Missionaries arrived with religious tex...
- What the X chromosome revealed about Neanderthals and early humansNew genetic research reveals ancient human and Neanderthal interactions followed a surprising pattern. Scientists found more modern human D...
- The first ancient Egyptian genome is here, and it changes everything we knowScientists have unlocked the genetic code of an ancient Egyptian man. He lived near the pyramids around 4,500 years ago. The analysis revea...
- Can genetics predict obesity? New study may help spot risk in kids before it is too lateA new study introduces ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores that double the effectiveness of predicting adult obesity risk compared to c...
- How is Pope Leo XIV related to Madonna, Justin Bieber, and Angelina Jolie? The surprising truth hidden in his family treePope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has shocked the world not with doctrine, but with DNA. A genealogical study by The New York Times...
- Is Canada losing its European identity? 2025 election results signal a transforming nationCanada's 2025 election showcased a significant shift in political representation, with a surge of MPs from South Asian, Black, Turkish, and...
- New project aims to set up world's largest African ancestry database for genetic studiesScientists are embarking on a project to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry in order to create the world's la...
- Whoopi Goldberg under fire for repeating Holocaust remarks, faces calls for terminationSuspended earlier this year by ABC for saying Holocaust was not about race, ‘The-View’ co-host is again under scrutiny for similar remarks ...
- Gene linked to pneumonia severity may explain Covid-19 death variations, shows studyThe varied presence of the gene variant in India implies that it is ‘an at risk nation’ with ‘genetic protection’ limited to only certain r...
- Is it racist for Gal Gadot to play Cleopatra? Heated debates occur on Internet over Queen's lineageThe announcement prompted social media criticism of the white, Israel-born star's casting as an African queen.
- View: What science tells us about Hindu majoritarianismGenetic evidence now shows that Hindu majoritarianism is as mistaken on scientific as moral grounds.
- How humans got rid of many Neanderthal genes after inter-breedingNew York, Nov 9 (IANS) Neanderthal genetic material is found in only small amounts in the genomes of modern humans because, after inter-bre...
- All non-Africans descended from a single migration out of AfricaNew York, Sep 22 (IANS) Studying hundreds of new genomes from across the globe, researchers, one of them of Indian-origin, have found compe...
- Two new genetic variants linked to breast cancer identifiedThe genetic variants are specifically linked to the most common form of breast cancer, oestrogen receptor positive, researchers said.
- Bobby Jindal has identity crisis, says US Congressman Joe Crowley"To some degree it looks like Bobby Jindal has some kind of an identity crisis. That is too bad for him," Congressman Joe Crowley said.
- New link between your genes and coffee beansIf you feel like you constantly crave caffeine and can’t function without your six cups per day, blame it on your genes.
- Consequences of Adam and Eve living in the same eraAdam was older than previously believed and sowed his wild oats roughly around the same time as his primeval female counterpart.
- Harvard University scraps Subramanian Swamy's courses over controversial columnAccording to a Harvard professor, the column by Swamy crosses the line by demonising an entire religious community and calling for violence.
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