See original manuscripts, letters, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling ...

On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their ...

Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter, then 21, was last heard from when she called a relative from a pay phone near Washington Square Mall.

An ancient DNA analysis of the remains of several mastodons, including those which roamed along the Pacific and Atlantic ...

Malaria is one of the world's most widespread and deadliest parasitic diseases. But some people may have natural protection ...

Ancient mammoth remains preserved microbial DNA over a million years old. The study reveals long-term host-microbe ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

Recent discoveries in Colombia have unveiled a previously unknown human DNA lineage in ancient remains, offering fascinating ...

A groundbreaking project is piecing together Leonardo da Vinci’s genetic profile by tracing his lineage across 21 generations ...

The search for Travis Decker, the man accused of killing his three young daughters in Chelan County, may soon come to an end ...

CRISPR is a method of genome editing that researchers developed to change DNA with extreme precision. Avant-garde said it sparked her passion for science when she learned the research was used to ...

Last year, a decades-long investigation led by forensic scientist José Antonio Lorente from the University of Granada in ...