Silicon Valley’s murky push to predict your health with your DNA
Co.Exist,
The commercial rush is raising tension between scientists seeking new genetic links and entrepreneurs seeking profit. To hear…
Ideologiczne podważanie biologii
Listy z nashogo sadu (in Polish),
PODSUMOWANIE: Biologia stoi w obliczu poważnego zagrożenia ze strony „postępowej"...
Peut-on être de gauche et aimer la biologie du comportement humain ? psycho évo #8
Homo Fabulus,
The ignorant and misguided demonization of a behavior geneticist
Why Evolution Is True,
I don’t usually look at Twitter unless a reader sends me a tweet, and I never engage in Twitter battles. But I’ve heard enough…
Schneider Shorts 10.06.2022 – Quackery to kill for
For Better Science,
Schneider Shorts of 10.06.2022 - why eugenics science is innocent, with a job opening for a medical school dean, a Turkish…
Quashing Racist Pseudoscience Is Science’s Responsibility
Feed: All Latest,
The recent act of racist terrorism in Buffalo has raised the stakes on how science is communicated and sold.
Scientists Must Consider the Risk of Racist Misappropriation of Research
Scientific American Blog: Observations,
The Buffalo massacre shooter contorted genetic studies to support his hateful views -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Athletics, IQ, Health: Three Myths of Race
Sapiens,
Our recent book, Racism, Not Race, tackles a big lie: The idea that human beings have biological races. Biological races do not…
Equalizing the Genetic Lottery?
Bill of Health,
By James…
Kathryn Paige Harden: ‘Studies have found genetic variants that correlate with going further in school’
Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com,
The behaviour geneticist explains how biology could have an influence on academic attainment – and why she takes an anti-eugenics…
The genetics of the timing of sex and reproduction
Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research,
Genetic variants linked to the timing of first sex and first child, are related to externalising behaviour, reproductive…
Los efectos socio-genéticos y la obesidad: ¿nos afectan los genes de nuestros pares?
Nada es Gratis,
Giorgio Brunello, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano y Anastasia Terskaya Casi el 20% de la población de los países de la OCDE era obesa en…
The Nature of Human Behaviour
Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research,
The science of terrible men
AEON,
The pioneers of social genetics were racists and eugenicists: should we give up on the science they founded altogether?By…
Ethique et génétique
Café des sciences,
Si l’idée que nos gènes puissent influer sur nos capacités cognitives, sur notre comportement, et sur nos troubles mentaux…
Level the playing field: Genetics makes us not only different but unequal. CRISPR could change that. Should we do it?
Genetic Literacy Project,
A Narrow Path for Optimism that Social Genomics Can Combat Inequality
Bioethics.net,
In his recent piece, “The genes we’re dealt,” Erik Parens puts his finger on cause for concern with what he calls social…
The genes we’re dealt
AEON,
The new field of social genomics can be used by progressives to combat racial inequality or by conservatives to excuse itBy…
Are GWAS studies of IQ/educational attainment problematic?
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science,
Nick Matzke writes: I wonder if you or your blog-colleagues would be interested in giving a quick blog take on the recent…
Genes and Behaviors Associated with New Year’s Resolutions
23andMe Blog,
By Yunru Huang, Robert Gentleman, Stella Aslibekyan* Making New Year’s resolutions is a popular way to take stock of the past…
La carte mondiale des QI – explications complètes
Café des sciences,
Cet article complète les réponses données à Checknews dans l'article "La carte mondiale des QI, relayée par des comptes d'extrême…
The powerful indirect influence of genes on children’s success
BOLD,
Through parenting, genes become effective even if a child didn’t inherit…
Why do some children perform better in school than others?
npj Science of Learning Community,
Children differ in school performance. Learn how genetic variants in DNA can play a part in a student's academic achievement ⎮3…
זה מורכב: הגנטיקה של הגאווה
SciPhile,
מחקר ענק מאשש את הסברה כי גורמים גנטיים רבים, ולא "גן גאה" יחיד, קשורים להתנהגות מינית הומוסקסואלית. גם גורמים שאינם גנטיים משפיע…
Pourquoi les progressistes devraient prendre en compte la génétique de l’éducation
Café des sciences,
De Kathryn Paige Harden, Université du Texas à Austin Tribune parue dans le New York Times le 24 juillet 2018. Traduction de…
What does genetics mean for educational equity?
BOLD,
Responsible communication of social science genomics research results and their implications is…
Using DNA Tests to Predict IQ: How Personal Genomics May Influence the Way We Think about Intelligence
The Neuroethics Blog,
By Celeste…
Using Nature to Understand Nurture
Marginal Revolution,
An excellent new working paper uses genetic markers for educational attainment to track students through the high school math…
‘Genome profiling’—not gene editing—could offer easiest path to smarter babies
Genetic Literacy Project,
“Curiosity and openness matter more than diligence and perseverance”
BOLD,
Margherita Malanchini explains why curiosity, creativity, and self-confidence are crucial for a child’s success in reading and…
The De-rehabilitation Of Charles Murray In The Age Of Trump
The Unz Review » Items,
Originally published in Academic Questions, October, 2018 (click here for original) reposted by…
The Genetics of Taking Risks
The 23andMe Blog,
A massive new study that included data from more than a million people suggests that genetics may nudge some individuals toward…
Poca influencia genética en el desempeño educativo
Cuaderno de Cultura Científica,
Hasta hace unos años, la forma de saber en qué medida dependía un determinado rasgo de su configuración genética y en qué…
Education Success Determined by Our Genetics?
Punnett's Square,
Recent researches suggest that an individual’s likelihood of graduating college, and therefore earning his or her degree to…
Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos’ risk of having a low IQ
One Per Cent,
A new genetic test that enables people having IVF to screen out embryos likely to have a low IQ or high disease risk could soon…
Genetics may influence intelligence by contributing to the development of larger brains
PsyPost,
Genetic variants associated with intelligence are also weakly related to brain volume, according to a new study published in…
It's better to be born rich than gifted.
Deric Bownds' MindBlog,
Andrew Van Dam points to work by Papageorge and Thom use genome based measurements to demonstrate that even though genetic…
Genetics of educational attainment
Mapping Ignorance,
Educational attainment, the years a person spends within the education system, generates interest among scientists because…
Not lost in translation: ethical research communication to inform decision-making
Evidence Matters | Improving development policy and practice,
When the authors of a huge study with a sample size of 1.1 million people of European descent were asked about policy lessons…
Scientists Use DNA Testing to Seek Answers for Reading Problems
Education Week: American Education's News Site of Record,
But the project has raised concerns in one Connecticut district, where parents and school officials worry the results could…
Genes shown to influence how well children do throughout their time at school
npj Science of Learning Community,
Kaili Rimfeld and Margherita Malanchini discuss how genetic factors can predict a child's future academic achievement
This giant study of twins shows the impact of our genes on academic success
Forum:Blog,
New research from the Twins Development Study shows highlights the role of genetics on our success throughout our time at school.
Growing up in the age of genomics
BOLD,
How will the latest findings in genetics affect the educational paths of children born in recent years? Read this post: Growing…
Could studies on gene differences lead teachers to unfairly favor ‘more educatable’ students?
Genetic Literacy Project,
Good read: An Enormous Study of the Genes Related to Staying in School
From experience to meaning…,
While I was on leave in the States I kept reading interesting studies and news articles and I was really impressed by both this…
How the Media Oversimplifies DNA Testing of Separated Families
DNA Science Blog,
Signing the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (NHGRI) When the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA…
Punnett's Square
Punnett's Square,
Why Progressives Should Embrace the Genetics of Education Kathryn Paige Harden Since the 1960s, white Americans without a…
SSGAC EA3: genomic prediction of educational attainment and related cognitive phenotypes
Spartan Ideas,
Years ago I predicted that: 1. Cognitive ability would turn out to be influenced by many thousands of genetic variants, each of…
Genetica del successo II: i motivi del suo insuccesso
OggiScienza,
IL PARCO DELLE BUFALE – Nell’articolo anticipato online il 9 luglio dai Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Genetic…
Predicting education from DNA?
BOLD,
Are polygenic scores disruptive innovations or practically worthless? K. Paige Harden and Daniel W. Belsky…
Scientists ID more than 1,200 genes linked to educational attainment
ScienceBlog.com,
An international research team including CU Boulder scientists has identified more than 1,200 genetic variants associated with…
http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/educational-attainment-genes-06236.html
Bruce's Blog,
Researchers Identify 1,271 Genetic Variants Linked to Educational…
Screening 1.1 million people shows 1,271 genome sites linked to education
Nobel Intent,
Enlarge (credit: US Department of Education) What's more important, genes or environment? It's an argument that goes back to…
Researchers Identify 1,271 Genetic Variants Linked to Educational Attainment
Brinkwire,
A multinational team led by researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Univesities of Queensland and Southern…
Scientists Link More Than 1,000 Gene Variants to Educational Attainment
Chromatography Techniques All,
NewsA group of scientists has identified nearly 1,300 genetic variants associated with how much education someone may complete…
Researchers Identify 1,271 Genetic Variants Linked to Educational Attainment
Sci-News.com,
A multinational team led by researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Univesities of Queensland and Southern…
Educational sentences to ponder
Marginal Revolution,
Of course, poor kids can still soar in school, and rich ones can flunk out, but few would deny that money is a powerful…
An Enormous Study of the Genes Related to Staying in School
Association for Psychological Science,
When scientists publish their research, it’s rare for them to write an accompanying FAQ that explains what they found and what…
Afternoon roundup
Offsetting Behaviour,
This afternoon's worthies:Things that make me wish genetic data were in New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure: polygenic…
Scientists find hundreds of genes linked to educational attainment
Press Room » News Releases,
Scientists say roughly 1 million genetic variants can predict the length of a person’s formal education as well as other…
More Than 1,200 Genes Associated with Educational Attainment Identified
Neuroscience RSS Feeds - Neuroscience News Updates,
Researchers have identified over 1,200 genes associated with educational attainment.
Massive study on the genetics of educational attainment
23andMe Blog,
In one of the largest genetic studies ever done, an international consortium of scientists has found more than 1,200 genetic…
Scientists find more than 1,200 genes linked to educational attainment
ZME Science,
But that doesn't mean the environment isn't more important.
Scientists ID more than 1,200 genes linked to educational attainment
CU Boulder Today - University of Colorado Boulder,
An international research team including CU Boulder scientists has identified more than 1,200 genetic variants associated with…