Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

Epigenetics is the science of how your lifestyle, environment, and even emotions can alter your gene activity without ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

“Surprise heirs like Thomas are popping up because of DNA test kits,” according to the Wall Street Journal article. While ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

If you're looking to uncover family history or learn more about your health, here's how to decide which DNA testing kit is best for you.

Researchers are investigating the role of non-coding DNA, or junk DNA, in regulating astrocytes, brain cells involved in ...

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...