For decades, scientists dismissed transposable elements, also known as transposons or “jumping genes”, as useless “junk DNA”. But are they really? The early speculations of both McClintock ...

When the superyacht of British tech billionaire Michael Lynch sunk in the Mediterranean Sea recently, killing him and several other people onboard, it came up in the news that the $40 million ...

Scientists have found that non-coding ‘junk’ DNA, far from being harmless and inert, could potentially contribute to the development of cancer. Their study has shown how non-coding DNA can get in the ...

These ancient DNA segments, called endogenous retroviruses, were once thought to be harmless and inactive, merely ‘junk’ DNA.

University of California Berkeley researchers have found a way to use a bird retrotransposon — a type of junk DNA. Retrotransposons are a kind of transposable element—DNA sequences capable of ...

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Each of these things — along with every other organism on Earth — contains the molecular instructions for life, called deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA. Encoded within this DNA are the directions ...

the “junk bond” moniker turns off a lot of investors, so let’s talk about that. In the late 1970s, high-yield corporate bonds were virtually unknown until a Wall Street trader named Michael ...

The actress debuted her baby bump at the New York premiere of 'The Day of the Jackal' Lashana Lynch is going to be a mom! The actress, 36, debuted her baby bump at the New York premiere of her ...

by Michael Sullivan We’ve tested over 40 cutting boards since 2015 and recommend four in a range of materials and price points. by Kathleen Squires After more than 75 hours of researching knife ...

Michael Nietzel is president emeritus of Missouri State University. A Forbes contributor since 2019, he writes about higher education. After earning his B.A. from Wheaton College (Illinois), he ...

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