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

Space looks dark and cold from Earth, but sunlight beyond our atmosphere is harsh in ways most of us never experience.

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

Self-medicating with vitamin B12 without a doctor’s guidance is not a good idea. Even though B12 is water-soluble (meaning excess amounts are usually flushed out in urine), taking more than your body ...

I received one of those DNA kits as an early Christmas present. What I discovered when I researched my profile online has ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Two big, important events are taking place this week. Christmas, obviously, but also the season 1 finale of Apple TV’s newest ...

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research this year, like how to keep brains young and how to ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

As intelligence moves off screens and into the physical world, we have a rare opportunity to shape how people and machines ...

AI maps fleeting DNA quadruplexes, revealing paired structures that control genes in healthy cells and cancer.

A new study shows, for the first time, how the human genome folds and moves in 3D over time to control when genes turn on and ...