Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular halt that may have helped life evolve from simple cells to complex animals ...

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

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

The medical examiner's office investigates approximately 40,000 deaths per year in New York City. Its molecular genetics laboratory, founded by Dr. Yingying Tang in 2003, is the only one of its kind ...

The popular nursery rhyme This Little Piggy is an early childhood memory for many of us. It’s a poem that involves five little piggies, each corresponding to one of our fingers or toes. Kids love it, ...

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend Ken Urker are celebrating their first Christmas as parents. On Thursday, Dec. 25, ...

How parents and doctors navigate pregnancy has evolved quickly in recent years. Innovative prenatal screening now makes it ...

A test using genetics to predict who is at the highest risk of developing type 1 diabetes could one day be applied to ...

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists ...

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

On the roads, motor-vehicle deaths — which spiked during the pandemic — have now fallen for several years in a row: the ...