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

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

Tyler Kartzinel likens protecting biodiversity to enhancing cellphone networks. His analogy is pretty straightforward: look for gaps in coverage, and then do what’s needed to fill them ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

A new study demonstrates that handheld nanopore sequencers can rapidly identify eye infection pathogens using only a ...

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

Marketing geniuses at Liquid Death, a brand of canned water, had rocker Ozzy Osbourne autograph and drink 10 cans of their ...

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

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This ...

In a “Jurassic Park”-esque fashion, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and the Texas-based biotech company Colossal ...