Genetics and heredity are complex subjects, especially for children. It's not easy to explain to youngsters what DNA is, what it's used for, or the principles of recessive and dominant genes. As part ...

Luckily, acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer is here to unravel the tangled history of the science and pseudoscience surrounding heredity, in all its many forms. In his expansive, engrossing, and ...

Discussing human diseases is a common way to engage middle and high school students in genetics. But a series of experiments suggests how teachers approach the discussion could either break down or ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Most middle-schoolers struggle to grasp the introductory concepts of genetics, a field of study considered crucial to advancing solutions to health problems and disease such as ...

*Laws of Heredity* is an educational film that demonstrates how inheritance operates in statistically predictable ways, presenting the foundational insights first achieved by Gregor Mendel. Through ...

Please sign up here to have the Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox. COLORADO SPRINGS — Biology textbooks used in American high schools do not go near the sensitive question of ...

Dear Doctor: I’m a white man in my mid-40s, and I have significant dark areas under and around my eyes. I feel awkward inquiring about this, but people stare and judge, and I’ve become self-conscious.

Horizontal and vertical transmission of diseases : the impossible separation / Jean-Paul Gaudillière and Ilana Löwy -- Medicine and the making of bodily inequality in twentieth-century Europe / J.

AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, August 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mystic Heredity takes readers on an unforgettable journey through time, starting in the beautiful ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. When Donald Trump talks about undocumented immigrants, he often ...