Dr. Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to hereditary cancer risk with the identification of BRCA1. She was just getting started.

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s new complex will open on Oct. 8, the organization announced Monday. Located at Nathan ...

Central Michigan University has received nearly $900,000 as part of a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Science ...

Early studies suggest that lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise and social engagement may help slow or prevent ...

A groundbreaking project is piecing together Leonardo da Vinci’s genetic profile by tracing his lineage across 21 generations and comparing DNA from living descendants with remains in a Da Vinci ...

You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, a pale blue, or the rare green that shifts with every flicker of light. Eyes have a way of ...

Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest stages. Researchers traced the genetic origins of an ...

Experts consider Tylenol safe in pregnancy, though studies show mixed results on acetaminophen’s link to autism.

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

While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within ...

Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of the population carry newly identified genetic elements called Inocles, which may influence oral health, immunity, and cancer risk. Researchers at t ...