The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who we are has dominated the human sciences. Do ...

By showing that the brain has innate organizing principles that guide but do not rigidly determine its functional ...

Over time, these genetic tendencies get reinforced by the environments we shape for ourselves. The curious kid seeks out ...

Is our lifespan primarily dictated by our genetics, or do our behaviour and environment play the more important role?

Two papers in Nature now reveal that a glue degrader and cancer mutations enable an E3 ligase to recognize the same target protein through a convergent binding mode, which could inform discovery ...

A study recently published in the prestigious journal Nature ... versus nurture” debate. It suggests environmental factors influence health and longevity to a far greater extent than genetics.

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And she turned to what she knew and loved the most and founded the Nature + Nurture bookstore in downtown Salem. “This whole time my kids and I were still reading together and doing these things, and ...