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Children at school

Does your kids’ DNA matter more than which school they go to?

23 March 2018

How well your kids do at school depends in part on the DNA you bequeathed them. What’s not clear is what we should do about this
A classroom in Uttar Pradesh

Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

24 May 2017

Illiterate adults who have learned to read and write over half a year show brain changes – even in regions not obviously linked to reading, writing or learning

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