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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

A new study combined air samples with deep sequencing methods to recover detailed information on the genetic code of animals, plants, humans and microbes in the environment ...

A new blood test can tell if cancer has returned months before a scan But whether patients should be getting the tests—as some already are—is not yet clear.

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through generations, laying the foundations for new insights into the roots of ...