By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Around 5,000 years ago, humans discovered that they could domesticate animals. So, as it were, they adopted animals like cows ...

The Neanderthal DNA found in modern human genomes has long raised questions about ancient interbreeding. New studies offer a timeline of when that occurred and when ancient humans left Africa.

It's not the only string of cases in recent years tethered by DNA matches. The DNA from a man serving a sentence in a ...

Automating DNA Synthesis Boosts Drug Discovery Telesis Bio says that when synthetic biology is on the benchtop, it is in a position to help pharma and biotech firms expand their pipelines ...

Ancient DNA is peeling back layers of the mystery surrounding modern humans’ trysts with Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago. Anthropologists have long known that the groups interbred ...

Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make ...

The family of Dr Debanjib Kumar Sharmah, missing since May 31, has raised serious concerns over the ongoing investigation's ...

Prosecutors in the Idaho college murders trial disputed a claim by Bryan Kohberger's defense attorneys, who said the suspect's DNA could have been planted at the scene.

Despite her contribution to the discovery of DNA's helical structure, Rosalind Franklin was not named a prize winner: She had died of cancer four years earlier, at the age of 37.

It took more than two decades to bring William Reece to justice for the murders of Laura Smither, Kelli Cox, Tiffany Johnston and Jessica Cain.