Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

Thousands of years ago, groups of ancient people made the dangerous journey across the icy land bridge of the Bering Strait ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are ...

Scientists have discovered how mutations in a specific gene drive the rare developmental disorder Weaver syndrome, which is ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played ...