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• Jun, 10, 2018
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Human chimeras are more common than you might expect. In Greek mythology, a chimera was a fire-breathing creature with physical traits of a lion, goat, and dragon. In human beings, a chimera is a person who has two totally different sets of DNA inside their body. It’s a bit less dramatic than a fire-breathing monster, sure, but […]

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• Jan, 06, 2018
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Event Date: Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 2:00 pm Speaker: Dr. Nancy Segal Dr. Nancy Segal, the world’s leading expert on twins, has a new book that sheds light on over 70 commonly held ideas and beliefs about the origins and development of identical and fraternal twins. Using the latest scientific findings from psychology, psychiatry, […]

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• Jan, 06, 2018
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It is thought cells from a miscarried sibling were absorbed by the man while he was in the womb A US man has failed a paternity test after doctors revealed his dead twin, whose DNA the man absorbed in the womb, is the genetic father of the child. The 34-year-old man is the first ever reported case of a […]

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Aaron Hicklin Like many models, Hanne Gaby Odiele has a lovely limber angularity. Sitting in a Manhattan restaurant booth she seems to open and close like an umbrella, expanding when she’s in full flow, folding up when she’s mulling something over. Folded up and closed off was how she felt for a long time. As […]

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Cindy Arboleda December 19, 2017 Taylor Muhl first noticed she was different as a little girl in dance class. She discovered that she was the only one in her class who had a straight line running down the center of her torso, halving her body into two different skin colors. Muhl’s parents had consulted doctors, who […]