Artificial intelligence has just redrawn the map of our genome’s control room, revealing hundreds of thousands of tiny DNA ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

The case was part of a major operation by Guangzhou’s anti-smuggling authorities following a year-long investigation and the ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a genetic secret within barley seeds that could help protect the global food supply from the unpredictable effects of climate change. The study, ...

A new study finds that at least one Archaea has surprisingly flexibility when interpreting genetic code, which goes against a ...

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

Is complex social behavior genetically determined? Yes, as a team of biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...

Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

Scientists have discovered a genetic process which could unlock new ways to treat mysterious and deadly fungal infection which has shut down multiple hospital intensive care units.