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We laugh even before we can speak, but why? Science has some answers to the mystery of human laughter, and some of them might surprise you

We now can identify which genes were important at each stage of domestication history, and discover what they do.

An organism living in ocean muck offers clues to the origins of the complex cells of all animals and plants.

Blood type is dictated by genes that determine which kinds of molecules, called oligosaccharides, are found on the surface of your red blood cells. Norovirus and a few other viruses use these oligosaccharides to grab onto and infect intestinal cells

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Prehistoric insects that resemble modern lice infested animals as early as the mid-Cretaceous, living and evolving along with dinosaurs and early birds

Two algal species share important genes with all modern land

Count your neurons when you count your blessings

Plants and animals came back much faster than thought, with plants spurring mammals to diversify, the team reports today in Science.