Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...

Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...

Authorities in Missouri say DNA samples have solved a 1994 cold case, identifying a man's body found in the Mississippi River more than three decades ago. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office ...

An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital ...

A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of ...

Earth's famous Hubble Telescope has just revealed the first images of a mysterious interstellar object racing through our ...

Scientists observed and reported how vortex rings, swirling donut-shaped masses, move through water and reach air without ...

Then came another mystery. In 2022, archaeologists discovered an unmarked body under the famous cathedral and nicknamed it ...

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of a technique that uses DNA from three people to help ...

Called Homo juluensis, or “big head,” this species could help piece together missing info about humanity around the late Middle Pleistocene.

“The threat we’re talking about is unprecedented,” said Professor Vaughn Cooper, a microbiologist at the University of ...