When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

This view inside some of the most precious and rare museum specimens on Earth is helping scientists to better understand the ...

But on top of its sexy and mature-themed allure, the original Species also boasted a headlining cast that featured some ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

A novel MRI-based ‘aging’ clock may offer a simple way to identify patients whose biological age is outpacing their ...

From detecting a risk for a certain disease or solving a criminal case, the discovery of DNA has forever changed our lives.

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my ...

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and ...

There are plenty of areas of life where the involvement of our DNA is obvious—the risk of developing certain diseases, for example. Increasingly, however, scientists are questioning whether even the ...