In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone ...

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The vampire squid’s massive genome is revealing a deep evolutionary link once thought lost to time. You won’t believe where ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

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

Scientists used decades old air filters to read DNA in dust, revealing a long decline in biodiversity across northern Sweden.

A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.

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