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British scientists have poured cold water on US research that claimed to have identified a gene responsible for ageing.
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Scientists have for the first time discovered a 'happiness gene', which works by regulating the transport of serotonin in the brain.
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A surprised team of international scientists recently discovered that sea sponges - one of Earth's oldest life forms - share almost 70 percent of the same genes as human beings.
A liberal outlook may be partly genetic, according to a team of US scientists.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, they say - and there's no doubt you lot seem pretty pleased with the stuff. And now scientists have discovered that the human sperm gene has survived for 600 million years, unaltered.
Next time somebody compliments you on your youthful good looks, don't give your moisturizer the credit - it doesn't work, and you're really not worth it.
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