A study incorporating new DNA data and archaeological evidence has shown that the last Neanderthals in Europe experienced a ...

Cancer’s strongest gene switches push DNA into damaging overdrive, creating repeated breaks and repairs that may fuel tumor ...

A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant genome evolution—a discovery that could pave the way for more precise ...

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life ...

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology.

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By ...

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

RNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production.

Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life Scientists have found that all five of ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...