Etiket: genes
How great can coincidence be? Twin brothers Nico and Tim became fathers on the same day: “Double happiness, that’s in the genes”
What are the chances that two twin brothers will become fathers of a son on the same day? And their partners are sisters? The Jacobs-Van Vooren family has had a…
Parasitic worm hijacks praying mantis with its own genes
Japanese scientists have discovered how a parasitic worm can “control” its host, the praying mantis, so that the worm itself can complete its life cycle in the water. To this…
Voorkomen is better than genes: zo houd je de bloedzuigende bedwantsen buiten | Wetenschap & Planet
De bedwants rukt op. In grote steden hebben ongedierteverdelgers he hun werk mee. The baby is nestled in the bed and is free from the rain. Do you want to…
Trees get a second life as school buildings: ‘Poplar is in our genes’
In Best there will be a primary school made of poplars from the village itself. Next week, 107 trees will be cut down. It does justice to the history of…
COLUMN. Lou Miller stars in ‘The Twelve’. Matter of genes. Mix Ann Miller with Filip Peeters and you get an Oscar winner | John Segers
The connoisseur’s eye of columnist Jan Segers sees a great future for Lou Miller, the leading lady in ‘De Twaalf’. “Whoever is the child of Sophie Kumpen and Jos Verstappen…
Longevity: the secret is also in the genes – iO Donna
Lelixir of life? Science has been wondering for years about what the secret of longevitythat mechanism, or those mechanisms, able to explain why some people seem to age better than…
Sober life and good genes: Magda Janssens (110) is the oldest resident of the Benelux
She was already the oldest Flemish, but after the death of 111-year-old Marcelle Lévaz, Magda Janssens can claim the title of oldest inhabitant of the Benelux. Despite the loss of…
Is daughter born deaf? Podcast maker Niels (30) is looking for his genes | Home
“Yes, my children could be born deaf. No, that was no problem. That was not the case at home either.” But letting nature take its course was no longer so…
Good genes? Or is there more to it? This is how the Queen became 96 years old without any problems | Abroad
Death does not fool you forever, the almost immortal Queen Elizabeth II also passed away last week at the age of 96. She jumped on her horse at the age…
Did Elvis Presley die early because of his incest genes?
In August 1977, Elvis Presley, just 42 years old, died an untimely drug death — at least that’s the version of events that made it into the history books. In…