A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

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Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

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People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

Genetic studies point to female-centered living arrangements in Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Yet, power may not have rested solely ...

A forensic scientist crouches down on a dirty factory floor. There’s a pool of blood, and they delicately dip a swab into it ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...

Earwax might seem like an unlikely source of ancestral information, but this small substance holds genuine clues to your ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.