human genome

What If There’s a Secret Benefit to Getting Asian Glow?

October 25, 2023 · Health

At every party, no matter the occasion, my drink of choice is soda water with lime. I have never, not once, been drunk—or even finished a full serving…

The Fatal Error of an Ancient, HIV-Like Virus

September 21, 2022 · Health

Many, many millions of years ago, an HIV-like virus wriggled its way into the genome of a floofy, bulgy-eyed lemur, and got permanently stuck. Trapped in a cage…