Online Words
Meet the words here
cytosines
Science writer and broadcaster Sue Nelson reports from the BA Science Festival in Liverpool.
A close-up view of the human genome reveals its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.
A landmark UK consortium of 50 research groups has published its findings on the genes associated with seven common diseases, opening the way for new treatments and genetic test.
The grey, short-tailed opossum becomes the first marsupial to have its DNA read through by scientists.
Human genome hunter Craig Venter discovers unexpected microbial riches on his latest ocean voyage.
DNA tests carried out on two British men have shed light on a mystery surrounding the ancestry of Thomas Jefferson, America's third president.
Just a few "letters" out of six billion that make up the genetic code are responsible for most variation in human eye colour.
Chemotherapy produces long-term changes in the part of the brain dealing with memory, research suggests.
Scientists reconstruct a chunk of DNA from the genome of a Neanderthal man who lived 38,000 years ago.
The X-Prize Foundation offers a $10m prize for the first team to decode 100 human genomes in 10 days.
The first tree to have its full DNA code unravelled is a poplar, the black cottonwood.
Scientists formally publish a detailed analysis of the DNA sequence found on human chromosome one.
The first sequences of nuclear DNA from a Neanderthal have been reported at a US science meeting.
A mathematical analysis of the human genome suggests that so-called "junk DNA" might not be so useless after all.
US researchers use strands of DNA to fashion a map of the Americas which is smaller even than some bacteria.
Human genome scientist expects important discoveries on the genetics behind personality shortly.
The genetic code of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, is sequenced and analysed by an international team of scientists.
Females are genetically more varied than males, an analysis of the X chromosome has found.
Scientists publish data on crucial DNA variations in three racial groups, paving the way for "individualised" medicines.
A project is announced to obtain the genetic "barcodes" of all animals and plants on the planet.
devious connoisseur catapult ogres interviewers prorating fearing rosined bagging tried bullfinch unendurable orthopedic adverted lotto eligible dogmatic pronto ferociousnesses offensiveness rancours bugaboos caryatides cosmopolitans regroup rheumatisms transoms alternating talkative escalators formalizing blotches inflame inexcusably prosaic trapshooting ceding welterweights preciosity colorlessly threesomes ridiculousnesses brazens leitmotifs repressions overpay riversides vouchsafe dreadnaught bestows
My Friends Picked Up: