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Why Do Some People Have Dimples?

There's a good chance his parents have dimples, too.

Why Do Some People Have Dimples?

Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a '90s Media Sensation

Dolly the sheep at the National Museum of Scotland

Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a '90s Media Sensation

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna Receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR Gene Editing Tool

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Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna Receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR Gene Editing Tool

15 Facts About Rosalind Franklin On Her 100th Birthday

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15 Facts About Rosalind Franklin On Her 100th Birthday

How Gene Editing is Changing the Future of Wine—and Making it Less Likely to Give You a Hangover

Gene editing techniques like CRISPR are upending thousands of years of wine-making tradition.

How to Brew Your Own Fluorescent Beer at Home

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9 Ancient Objects That Have Had DNA Tests

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Fat Bats Might Be Resistant to Deadly White-Nose Syndrome

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Wolf Puppies Play Fetch, Too, Study Finds

Christina Hansen Wheat

14 Incredible Scientific Discoveries of the Decade

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Puppy Dropped By Predator Is a Purebred Australian Alpine Dingo, DNA Tests Reveal

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Labradoodle 'Inventor' Calls the Crossbreed His Biggest Regret

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Photographer Captures Polka-Dotted Zebra Foal in Kenya

Frank Liu

Meet Garlic, China’s First Cloned Kitten

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Environmental DNA Evidence Suggests the Loch Ness Monster Could Be a Giant Eel

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Mystery Solved: Scientists Have Figured Out Why Some Squirrels Are Black

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