Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, ...

Some viruses come and go after making us sick, but some have become a part of us, passed down by our ancestors. San Diego ...

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people’s mouths: Inocles, giant DNA elements that had previously escaped detection. These appear to ...

DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...

Why sperm, though? "Studies indicate that salmon sperm are the most suitable source for the extraction of highly purified DNA ...

DNA analysis is considered the gold standard for identifying victims of mass fatalities. But how does it work?

The Origins Science Scholars Series continues with a talk by Patricia Princehouse, director of the Program in Evolutionary Biology and outreach director of the Institute for the Science of Origins.

Breakthroughs in DNA science help solve a case that remained unsolved for decades, bringing long-awaited answers ...

It's a mystery that has left experts scratching their heads for decades, but just how did humans make their way from Europe to North America? After years of uncertainty, a new discovery might just ...

According to the Cleveland Clinic, an American nonprofit academic medical centre, an mRNA vaccine trains your body to fight infectious diseases by delivering instructions to make a small, harmless ...