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Genetics

Some genes like it hot

Some regional DNA differences may be due to climate, global surveys suggest.

Earth

Earth/Environment

Research links pesticides to Parkinson’s disease, plus more in this week’s news.

Psychology

Bilingual babies cue in to languages

Babies exposed to two native tongues gain an early advantage in recognizing different languages.

Life

Genes & Cells

A study of the Amish reveals that sleep habits are inherited, plus more in this week’s news.

Humans

Sweeps weak in human evolution

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the rapid spread of beneficial mutations has been relatively rare in the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a new study shows.