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

In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone ...

Scientists used decades old air filters to read DNA in dust, revealing a long decline in biodiversity across northern Sweden.

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Bad guys beware: Your DNA is in the air. Scientists have discovered that human DNA can be easily found — allowing it to later be sequenced — virtually anywhere, from furniture to footprints and even ...

Mount Sinai scientists developed V2P, a powerful new AI tool that predicts how specific DNA mutations translate into disease, ...

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...

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

Moss quietly collects DNA from animals, plants, and microbes, offering a simple way to track biodiversity without harming ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...