chromosomes

Science, at its core, is a process. New advances in technology are as important as new discoveries they lead to. How…

The ratio of newborn boys to girls slightly and consistently leans toward males: around 106 boys are born for every…

Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a toggle switch for aging cells. By controlling the growth of…

Science, man. An international team of scientists have made a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. For the first…

This is a stunning 3D map that shows how six feet of of DNA can be crammed inside a single chromosome — a space…

Remember back in high school biology class when you had to sketch the structure of a cell? Chromosomes were always…

Health kicks might help you feel better about yourself, but new research suggests that they could actually be…

Normally, an extra pair of chromosomes would be considered dangerous. But what if we could design our own? According…

A handy explainer for the oft-cited (but rarely elucidated) factoid that every single person on Earth was once…