Tariq Nelson

- A Memo to Young Black Men: GROW UP 

- A Healthy Diet can help fight depression

- Appears that with more study that scientists are saying that we are more different than at first thought. I never thought that race was totally a social construct, but do not buy the argument that there is no overlap and that there are only like three races

Although each human being shares some kind of genetic makeup with each other, there are also some differences in their genetic makeup which make each person unique. These differences were assumed to be little and humans were believed to be 99.9 percent identical to each other in terms of genomes.However, a new research carried out by scientists has shown that there is much more difference in the genetic profile of each individual person, than was believed until now. In what could be called a path-breaking genetic discovery, the scientists have shown that whole chunks of DNA can either be duplicated or be missing between individuals.The findings also suggest that humans are more likely to be 99 percent identical, rather than 99.9 percent identical as was previously believed. Also, our DNA is more different from our closest living relative - the chimpanzee than previously thought, which makes us 96 percent closer to them, rather than 99 percent. The findings could also lead to major impact on research into the cause and cure of diseases that afflict humans, and why some people are more prone to certain diseases. [MORE...]