Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors age faster than their peers who did not have cancer, according to a new study, ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most ...

An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

He built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu, and Timbuktu became a very important commercial city, having caravan connections with ...

While these events increased the Company’s outstanding share count, they also reduced outstanding debt on a dollar-for-dollar basis and strengthened the Company’s balance sheet. The underlying value ...

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists in the UK have taken the first steps in a new programme to create whole human genomes from ...

Have you ever opened your Apple Notes app, only to feel overwhelmed by a chaotic sea of random thoughts, to-do lists, and half-finished ideas? If so, you’re not alone. Many users rely on outdated ...

James Dewey Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped launch a revolution in biology and medicine, died Thursday at age 97. He died in hospice care after a brief ...