Ever wondered why you wake up with horrid, tangled hair? Or why you seem to have more bad hair days than the next person? As part of a new study, scientists have identified three genes that are responsible for what they call "uncombable hair syndrome", basically the kind of dry and frizzy hair that is…
Despite having a rather unspectacular name, sea slugs are quite possibly some of the most bizarre creatures found in nature. Remember 'Shaun the Sheep', the adorable sea slug with floppy feelers and beady eyes that looks like a cartoon lamb? According to a new research, bizarre doesn't even cover it when it comes to Elysia…
Scientists, at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a specialized genetic test that, they claim, can predict the sexual orientation of a man, with nearly 70-percent accuracy. The newly-devised algorithm relies on the analysis of specific epigenetic markers to determine whether the male subject is straight or gay. What is more, a simple saliva…