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

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

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...

Instead, the Springfield native is forever the smiling 17-year-old who lived with her grandmother on Dartmouth Street, prayed ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in many tropic waters is known to be able to reserve its own life cycle, cheating death.

Chromothripsis enables cancer cells to evolve and resist treatment. With their new findings, researchers hope to explore ways ...

The new year promises a choice selection of weighty books to read on topics ranging from professional wrestling and ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

Originally classified as ‘junk DNA’, genomic regions which are transcribed into RNAs that do not serve as template for protein production have attracted increasing attention in the last two decades.

( NewsNation) — Tanning beds cause melanoma -linked DNA damage across nearly the entire surface of the skin, a new study found. The precise biological process behind the increased risk of melanoma ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

Research shows nobody dies of "old age," and this misunderstanding has led aging science astray for decades. Here's what we ...