Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

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

Polar bears are running out of ice and out of time, yet inside their cells something remarkable is happening. As the Arctic warms and traditional hunting grounds vanish, researchers are finding that ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.

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

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

DNA extracted from mosquito blood meals revealed traces of 86 vertebrate species, helping scientists track entire ecosystems.

JABSOM Cell and Molecular Biology researcher Dr. Jesse Owens has spent the better part of two decades chasing a vision that ...

Methane-producing archaea from the species Methanosarcina acetivorans. The microbes are stained with a fluorescent dye that specifically binds to the membranes of archaea. The beauty of the DNA code ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. James Dewey Watson, Nobel Prize winner and “semi-professional loose cannon,” died Thursday in hospice care after a ...

Sharon covered science and discovery. When biologist James Watson died on Thursday at age 97, it brought down the curtain on 20th-century biology the way the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ...