This meta-analysis of 140 studies (~66,000 participants) finds that social inequality is associated with faster biological ageing, with stronger associations observed for newer DNA methylation epigene...

Nature Human Behaviour - Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide

Join us on September 18 at noon as we welcome Kathryn Paige Harden, PhD, to discuss her new book Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness.Click here t...

A $333 monthly check didn't change poor children's test scores, yet it slowed how fast their cells were aging.

Raffington et al. find that providing low-income mothers with cash gifts for the first four years of their children’s lives appears to change the children’s epigenetic biological ageing in ways associ...

What happens when tech startups start selling parents information on their embryos’ DNA.

The State Board of Education on Friday approved a first-of-its-kind reading list, which lays out dozens of books, Bible verses and stories that every public school student in Texas will have to read.

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A tendency to aggression and antisocial behaviour is encoded in certain people’s DNA, argues Kathryn Paige Harden – and it could have profound implications for crime and punishment

The Bad Seed and the Problem of Blame: A conversation with behavioral geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden about the heritability of vice

Yes, argues clinical psychologist Kathryn Paige Harden in her book Original Sin, which makes the case for a more compassionate justice system

What role do genes play in complex human behaviors?

A psychologist delves into the genetics of bad behaviour in a book littered with fascinating scientific findings