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Explained: How did an isolated Japanese gibbon get pregnant in a zoo cage?
Fp Explainers •The pregnancy of a gibbon who was alone in a zoo cage puzzled many. It has now been revealed that the female managed to mate with a male via a tiny hole in a steel plate that separated their enclosures. The diameter of the hole was approximately 0.3 inches
'Hands off Tibetan DNA': Students protest against US company for collecting 'pin-prick' blood samples in Tibet
•Protesters alleged that the company’s products may have contributed to the Chinese government’s abuse of Tibetan people
Are you a picky eater? Blame your DNA
•Taste is a dealbreaker when it comes to deciding what to eat, diet plan or not. Yet our understanding of what makes food taste good is limited. A new study has explored how genes and biological processes influence which foods we find irresistible
Oldest ever DNA found in Greenland sheds light on old ecosystem
•Scientists say that the 2-million-year-old fragments are derived from environments that have no parallels with the modern world. New technology enabled the scientists to determine that the 41 fragments were more than a million years old, the oldest to be extracted ever
Shraddha murder case: Delhi police find part of skull, bones in forest, sent for DNA match
Fp Staff •In the grisly murder of 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aftab Ameen Poonawala, Delhi police on Sunday recovered more human remains from the Mehrauli forest
A Medical Marvel? A new blood test that can detect all cancers at the same time
•Multi-cancer early detection test, or MCED, is a single blood test that could screen for most common cancer types all at once. These tests may soon revolutionise the way clinicians approach cancer screening
The Famous Five: The scientists who have won two Nobel prizes
•American Barry Sharpless is only the fifth person ever to win a second Nobel Prize, two decades after being awarded his first. He won the illustrious award in 2001 for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions
Explained: The origins of Black Death, the deadliest pandemic recorded in history
Fp Explainers •Researchers say they have pinpointed the source of the plague to a region of Kyrgyzstan after analysing DNA from remains at an ancient burial site
Mundka tragedy: Bio samples of 26 people collected for DNA profiling, says Delhi Police
•A CCTV camera and router manufacturing and assembling company, in whose office the fire is suspected to have started, had been on the premises since 2017. Its owners: Harish and Vijay Goel, who are brothers, have already been arrested
DNA confirms man is Sitting Bull's great-grandson; first genetic evidence between historic figure and a living person found
•The breakthrough was made possible by a new technique that can yield useful genetic information from a tiny or fragmented sample of ancient DNA