Researchers have discovered that cannabis addiction might not just be about willpower — it could start in your DNA. The 2025 ...

A rediscovered skeleton found on Budapest’s Margaret Island has been confirmed as Duke Béla of Macsó, a descendant of Hungary ...

While this coincides with an uptick in GLP-1 drug use, some experts told Newsweek they don't think they are having a major ...

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

In 1990, Watson was named to lead the Human Genome Project, whose goal was to determine the order of the 3 billion chemical units that constitute humans' full complement of DNA ...

James Dewey Watson, the molecular biologist whose work helped decode the structure of DNA, died on November 6, 2025, at a ...

Modern genetics reveals that over 50 genes across many chromosomes—not just X and Y—govern sex development. The term “sex ...

New data reveals differences in gene activity in the brains of men and women. They start in the womb and evolved millions of years ago ...

On average, females live longer than males almost everywhere in the world, and have done so throughout most of history. While stereotypes suggest many possible reasons, a team of researchers employed ...

CircRNAs are a class of covalently closed circular non-coding RNAs formed through back-splicing of precursor mRNAs, lacking 5′ caps and 3′ poly(A) tails, and are widely present in eukaryotic cells.