Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe in ...

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers this week introduced bills that would require U.S. firms to obtain a license before ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

DNA is known to keep its form for centuries, and the researchers found that their tape could store data for more than 345 years at room temperature, or about 20,000 years at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

If someone — like a disgruntled scientist, terror group, or rogue nation — were to synthesize and unleash smallpox, we could ...

Researchers demonstrated that it is feasible to encode executable payloads into synthetic DNA that, once sequenced and ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced bills requiring firms to obtain a license before exporting synthetic DNA sequences. The aim is to protect American biotech innovations from foreign ...

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...