University of Kansas researchers reviewed ancient DNA and 23,000-year-old White Sands footprints to trace early human ...

A new analysis suggests that Rosalind Franklin, who took the first images of DNA’s double-helix structure, knew far more about her data than her colleagues later claimed.

Every person starts as just one fertilized egg. By adulthood, that single cell has turned into roughly 37 trillion cells, many of which keep dividing to create the same amount of fresh human cells ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A woman expecting her first child got thinking about DNA, and sparked ...

Cell and gene therapies are the engine powering the future of medicine. They hold the promise of treating many diseases that currently elude researchers and clinicians — including cancer, cystic ...

The AI platform Hugging Face on Thursday released a new open model for understanding DNA that can run locally on a laptop. Developed in collaboration with researchers at Zhongguancun Academy in China ...

As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published Jul 7, 2023 6:00 PM EDT This article ...

As an earth scientist specializing in ancient remains, Christopher Hunt is used to making unusual trips in the name of archaeology. But one of his most memorable has to be the time he traveled back ...

Curiosity is one of the top reasons people try at-home DNA test kits, but that's balanced by worries over who has access to such private info, a PrivacyHQ study finds ...

There is so much happening in the field of DNA synthesis these days that it can be hard to keep up. Just a few weeks ago, synthetic biology startup Molecular Assemblies announced that they are ...