The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA. Though it's a ...

New insights into the chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres indicates planet-wide rainfall might take place following hydrogen ...

Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

Researchers have used machine learning, genomic data, fossils and the Earth’s geochemical history to create a timeline of ...

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Prof. Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ...

Each day, a human adult loses on average 50 to 70 billion cells, which die from natural causes alone. New cells replace lost ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now ...

The recombination between parental chromosomes, a characteristic of sexual reproduction, plays a crucial role in evolution.

You are more viral than you think. About 8% of your DNA—far more than is used to build proteins—is made of ancient viruses.

Scientists say the map of a speck of a mouse's brain could be as transformative as the Human Genome Project. Here's what to ...