He was cast as a real-life Dr Frankenstein, a scientist whose ego had led him to tamper with human life. After more than a hundred Chinese scientists issued a statement condemning his experiment, ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

Around 200 children in several countries were conceived with sperm from a single donor who unknowingly carried a rare genetic ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

A strange, contagious cancer is threatening Tasmanian devils, but researchers’ fight is fueling breakthroughs in science, ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

A new study suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and scientists believe it's due to the impacts of climate change.

UC San Diego scientists discover enzyme responsible for scrambling cancer genomes; results could enable new treatments for ...

For over 20 years, the 3-foot-long ribbon worm Baseodiscus the Eldest (B for short) was more a “long-time acquaintance” than ...

Researchers at the University of Geneva, together with colleagues in Switzerland, France, the United States and Israel, ...

Medra, which programs robots with artificial intelligence to conduct and improve biological experiments, has raised $52 ...