DNA
5 Mar 2022
A group of conservationists is using environmental DNA to track animals in Liberian forests to help better understand their intricate biodiversity and ensure further protection of these environments.
15 Feb 2022
We take a look at how DNA tracing used to catch serial killers is now being applied to poachers. But first, we see how the press is covering an honour killing in Pakistan, Vladimir Putin's theatrical, de-escalation meeting with Sergei Lavrov and Valérie Pécresse's "flop' of a French presidential campaign rally.
6 Feb 2022
Nature has its very own information storage technology: DNA. For millions of years, the double helix has been the primary code for all living things. But could DNA also become the ultimate storage solution for our digital information? We take a closer look in this edition of Down to Earth.
19 Jan 2021
First DNA forensic laboratory launched in Adamawa
6 May 2020
Vaccine developers are pursuing a number of different approaches: inactivated vaccines, live vaccines and DNA vaccines. What’s the difference between them? And when will one finally be ready?
14 Apr 2020
Here is why you should pick up a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday.
Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on the newsstands on Wednesday.
19 Jul 2018
Aided by recent discoveries, scientists are now manipulating the DNA of all kinds of organisms. Dan Carlson helped develop dairy cattle that never grow horns. His hope: eliminating a painful procedure millions of calves undergo each year.
17 Jun 2018
Tracking down your DNA is a lot harder than you think. The direct-to-consumer genetic testing industry promises insight into everything from your ancestry to athletic ability and a lot of people have signed up...but as one Bloomberg reporter found out, once you give all of that up it's pretty hard to claw it all back.
7 Feb 2018
"Cheddar Man", Britain's oldest nearly complete human skeleton, had dark skin, blue eyes and dark curly hair when he lived in what is now southwest England 10,000 years ago, scientists who read his DNA have discovered.
31 Dec 2016
A London brewery offers beer lovers the chance to personalise their pint according to their DNA profile
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of new AI-powered assistants on its various platforms on Wednesday, in a bid to keep up in the race to produce more accurate and personalised artificial intelligence. The chatbots will be able to answer users' questions thanks to a partnership with Microsoft's Bing. Also in this edition, oil prices edge closer to the $100 per barrel mark. Plus, striking Hollywood actors and studios agree to resume talks.
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A new report predicts a dip in economic output this year, correcting earlier forecasts of moderate growth. But experts are optimistic for 2024.
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To mark International Safe Abortion Day, we're taking stock of women's abortion rights in the United States. Terminations are now illegal in 14 states following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year. Some women in those states are now forced to travel elsewhere in the US for the procedure, costing them hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.
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Four officers have been detained for questioning in Burkina Faso, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. Also, although Tunisia was decades ahead of many other countries in the region and the world in giving women the right to choose whether to go ahead with unwanted pregnancies, taboos remain. We take a closer look. Finally, we see how Africa's wine market is becoming increasingly full-bodied.
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Currently, the estimated daily passenger capacity of the Lagos Blue Rail is 175,000 passengers. But has the coming of the Lagos Blue Rail impacted the city's popular yellow buses also known as Danfo? How are operators of commercial buses and passengers adjusting to the new reality?
