Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery.

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

Scientists in China have developed an experimental “DNA cassette tape” to address the global data storage crisis.

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland explains how her company screens babies’ DNA for mutations that cause thousands of treatable ...

Our increasingly digitized world has a data storage problem. Hard drives and other storage media are reaching their limits, ...

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare insight into the genetic ancestry of early Egyptians and reveals links to ...

A traditional cassette tape holds roughly 10 to 12 songs on each side, but 328 feet of this DNA cassette tape could hold the ...

It’s not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia’s dancing spiders that make them special.There are more than ...

Australia’s peacock spiders dazzle with colour and dance. Scientists are uncovering a genetic mystery that could explain ...