Where The Word 'Genome' Came From In 1920, a botanist named Hans Winkler merged the Greek words "genesis" and "soma" to describe a body of genes. On this episode of Science Diction, historian ...

But if anyone wants to post the longest word they can find, let’s see what you get. (Maybe I’ll get my word-guru brother to team up with a geneticist…that would be interesting.) ...

A new Northwestern University study challenges prevailing understandings of genes as immutable features of biology that are fixed at conception.

For example, which mutations in the human genome are even functional, in that they have a measurable effect on our behavior. The study offers a little more light too on Denisovans as a species.

Harvard and Google discover cultural trends with database of digitized books. Dec. 17, 2010— -- Ever wonder how many new words enter the English language each year? Or what fame is like for ...

Words in the News: Potato gene 'map ... By mapping the plant's genome scientists can locate the genes that control various traits, like colour, starchiness and flavour, ... Related BBC links.

Collins. Lander. Venter. When the subject of decoding the human genome comes up, these three names usually come up with it. Here, join us as Robert Krulwich, host of ABC's "Nightline," goes behind ...

The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field. While existing editing ...

I'm always learning something from the readers of the Loom. Yesterday, I wrote about how scientists had inserted their names into a synthetic genome, and how such signatures would erode away like ...

Words in the News: Potato gene 'map ... By mapping the plant's genome scientists can locate the genes that control various traits, like colour, starchiness and flavour, ... Related BBC links.