Genetic data strengthens the case that humans first settled Sahul around 60,000 years ago, using multiple seafaring routes.

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...

Google DeepMind's new model deciphers how hidden DNA changes drive disease, predicting gene regulation effects with high ...

Scientists analyzing ancient DNA from a 12,000-year-old double burial in southern Italy uncovered genetic evidence of a rare inherited growth disorder in two closely related prehistoric individuals. A ...

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells. However, to be effective, the new gene must make it into a cell's nucleus. The ...

The Beachy Head Woman has carried a heavy burden for a long dead individual, pressed into service as a symbol of modern ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have now shown ...

A young woman who lived nearly two millennia ago along the southern coast of England has been the center of scientific ...

A new study has detected a DNA marker in a gene encoding a key enzyme known as cytochrome P450 that helps mosquitoes to break ...

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

You walk through a field of wheat, ryegrass, or clover and notice the sway of stems and leaves. What you cannot see is where most of the action happens. Beneath the soil surface, roots spread, compete ...