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Scientists in the US succeed in developing the first living bacterial cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. View full post on...

The ability of Tibetans to live high in the mountains may be due largely to their DNA, researchers say. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. View full post on BBC News |...

Bright spent two years in Zambia’s Lusaka Central Prison for selling cannabis but fears he now faces a life sentence. "I did it because of hunger," says Bright softly. "There’s not much food in prison. Sex has become the way of payment." "Conditions were...

The husband of American photographer and writer Judith Fox – Dr Ed Ackell – was told he had Alzheimer’s Disease in 1998, three years into the couple’s marriage. Since then, Judith has watched Ed – a man who used to perform surgery and fly planes – forget how...