The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their ...

Abraham Lincoln, for one, may have had the syndrome—and are at very high risk of a kind of fatal rupture in the heart.

Few areas of medicine generate as much fascination, hope, hype, and confusion as genetics. Just over two decades ago, ...

As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winner ...

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...

Welcome to WP Intelligence’s AI & Tech Brief, where we examine the transformative technology of artificial intelligence at ...

Could a viral infection you experience today cause mental health disorders for generations of your descendants? Absolutely.

Does the CIA have its own “Men in Black”? Apparently, the government isn’t disclosing everything it knows about UFOs. A whistleblower has accused the CIA of attempting to use sites like 23andMe and ...

Humans are closely related to chimpanzees and bonobos, but what are the key factors that make humans genetically different? A new study looks at the process of DNA methylation, in which chemical tags ...

DNA testing has become a popular genealogical research tool over the past 15 years, but it’s a complicated topic that takes some time to comprehend. Important uses for genealogy fall into two broad ...

The team created a DNA-based bio-transistor that mimics the switching function of semiconductor transistors at the molecular level. The new circuit operates without a reset step, enabling continuous ...

Genes for immunity forged in a germ-filled past are often blamed for making our bodies overreact to harmless triggers such as pollen or food. But evolution may not be so one-sided. Some ...