A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

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

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

The human genetic code will be built from scratch by British scientists in a controversial new research project. The £10 million scheme to synthesise DNA is being funded by the Wellcome Trust and ...

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.