R esearch on human intelligence tends to be a magnet for controversy, with papers leading to protests and speakers drawing scorn. A few years back, a couple of academics attempted to catalog that ...

There’s a bit of a brouhaha going on just now. Has to do with some comments made by a local school board official regarding genetics, intelligence and race. We’ll get back to that. First, however, ...

One of the most immediate impacts of AI in medical genetics lies in diagnosis, particularly for rare and complex genetic ...

Intelligence is central to the human experience. Your ability to think, reason, and learn governs your professional and private life. Perhaps the commonest way of conceptualising intelligence is in ...

The farmers of the future will soon have a new tool at their disposal. Within two years, an artificial intelligence system trained to recognise indicators of animal condition will take its place in ...

The bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a haunting presence in many hospitals in the United States, where more than one in 100 patients are treated for A. baumannii infections. This ...

Population genetics explores the distribution and change in frequency of alleles within and between populations, while genetic diversity underpins the capacity of species to adapt to environmental ...

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 295,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.0 million ...

Using artificial intelligence, researchers have discovered how to screen for genetic mutations in cancerous brain tumors in under 90 seconds — and possibly streamline the diagnosis and treatment of ...

Parthenogenetic rock lizards, particularly those of the genus Darevskia, represent a fascinating model for understanding the interplay between genetics and ecology. Originating from interspecific ...