Categorising the Denisovans as a distinct species would allow us to more comprehensively trace our own evolutionary ...

NASA may be approaching the discovery of biological life in Mars. The space agency confirmed the DNA signal they received and ...

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

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ...

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DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means Story by Shai Carmi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harald Ringbauer ...

Scientists said the findings offer the first robust evidence that genes contribute to a person’s chance of developing the ...

However, mitochondrial DNA is found, unsurprisingly, in the mitochondria — the powerhouse of the cell. It’s “maternally linked,” meaning that DNA comes from just the mother, not the father.

New technology is making it easier to find the origins of trafficked wildlife so they can be released back to the habitat they came from, instead of languishing for decades as sometimes happens.