Scientists are one step closer to pinpointing fragments of Leonardo da Vinci’s elusive DNA. A team of researchers from the ...

Geneticist Dr. Robert Green is sequencing the DNA of healthy newborns to find hidden disease risks. This knowledge can save lives — but gene sequencing is not a crystal ball.

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...

Matt Hutchison, known as the "badass detective," has made arrests in at least seven cold cases, including the murders of ...

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...

DNA analysis of cultural artifacts shows diverse biological profiles, but contamination and mixed signals complicate ...

These insects are crossing the border, bringing yet another infectious disease to the USA In A Nutshell Infection rates jumped dramatically: 84.6% of triatomine “kissing bugs” collected near the El ...

You’d think that porcupines climbing trees would be visible and therefore well-studied. Roughly the size of housecats with ...

Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers.

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing. So far, around 40 million people worldwide have used direct-to-consumer genetic ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most genetic medicine uses viruses or double-stranded DNA to deliver genetic ...