With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

A new study shows that thanks to cheaper DNA testing, we've reclassified more mammal species and have more biodiversity.

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

A mammoth tooth reveals bacterial DNA from 1.1 million years ago, offering new clues about diseases and hidden ecosystems in ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the ...

Scientists have broken the world record for sequencing DNA and they're already using the new tech to help care for newborns ...

Police say they have determined the identity of a woman whose body was found on the Lake Michigan shoreline near New Buffalo in 1988. The Michigan State Police said the remains have been identified as ...

Francis Crick missed a crucial seminar in 1951, probably because he was seeing a lover. James Watson did go, failed to take notes and misremembered key details. As a result, their first model of DNA ...