In one of the most classic scenes in "The Princess Bride," the sword fighter Inigo Montoya, played by Mandy Patinkin, monologues to the Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes) about why he is so devoted to ...

What do Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Paul McCartney and Justin Bieber have in common with Ronald Reagan, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland, Fidel Castro and David Bowie? They are all left-handed, a ...

Your genes code for all your traits. Some genes are dominant and expressed if you receive a copy from one parent. Others are recessive and only apparent if you receive a copy from both parents. Genes ...

Genetics are extremely complicated—so complicated that having an extra finger or toe, for example, is exceedingly rare despite it being caused by a dominant gene. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon Huge thanks ...

Populations live in rapidly changing environments – droughts come and go, food sources change, human activities reshape habitats. For scientists, this raises a fundamental puzzle: How do populations ...

No gene acts alone: interacting variants and protein partnerships can worsen, mask or even rescue disease risk, demanding ...

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This disadvantage is greatest for carriers of a recessive gene for intellectual ...