Articles by

Elie Dolgin

Ancient DNA tests the notion that allergies are due to our dirtier past

Genes for immunity forged in a germ-filled past are often blamed for making our bodies overreact to...

Fluoride in U.S. drinking water does not reduce IQ, a new study finds

Two U.S. states and more than a dozen cities and counties have moved in the past year...

To climb trees, cicadas look to the shadows

When periodical cicadas surface after years underground, they don’t grope blindly for trees. They head for the...

Digital heart twins can guide a lifesaving procedure

Virtual replicas of individual patients’ hearts have allowed doctors to refine and personalize a lifesaving medical procedure...

Smartwatch data can be used to assess early diabetes risk

The data your smartwatch already collects could soon help flag an early warning sign for type 2...

The Amazon molly — a sex-skipping fish — hacks evolution

The Amazon molly is an evolutionary enigma: an all-female fish that reproduces by cloning itself. Because it...

Wanderlust may be written in our DNA

From ancient nomads to modern job-hoppers, the urge to move may be written partly into our DNA....

Evolution didn’t wait long after the dinosaurs died

In the long shadow of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, life appears to have bounced...