AMISTAD, a new collections-based research project led by London’s Natural History Museum, is working on untangling the identities of a group of blue butterflies from South America.

New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of ...

A sperm donor carrying a harmful TP53 mutation unknowingly passed on a high cancer risk to nearly 200 children. An expert ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

Researchers from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) report that most genetic influences on mental illness are shared across diagnostic categories, revealing a more interconnected biological ...

DNA analysis is showing some hope in the identification of an unknown woman who died after an accident in southwest Missouri ...

After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 11 December) — Captive Philippine eagles (Pithecophaga jefferyi) preserve all known maternal ...

From rare diseases to chronic conditions, epigenetic editing unlocks new ways to control gene activity without altering the genetic code.

Scientists discovered that certain cancer cells use a low-level activation of a DNA-dismantling enzyme—normally seen in cell ...

A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs, investigators at the Johns ...