Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

Edinburgh’s first Burghers’ delves into the lives of medieval citizens who were found buried within the cathedral’s grounds.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual ...

Many DNA sequences, for example, influence gene activity by altering a chromosome’s 3D shape, either restricting or easing access for the machinery that does the transcription.

Research is very much part of Barbara Malheiros' DNA. As part of her PhD research, she placed DNA on the surface of tiny particles to help them stick ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa.

New DNA test predicts chemotherapy resistance before treatment, potentially sparing patients from ineffective toxic drugs.

More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...