The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has stripped James Watson, the 90-year-old Nobel Prize-winning scientist…
It’s the sort of realization that ought to make you existentially terrified: All of your thoughts and actions are…
One of the most distinctive body parts of your typical English bulldog, French bulldog, or Boston terrier—their coiled…
Eastern lowland gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have endured dramatic population declines in recent…
This year, you and your loved ones may have come across ads for a great gift to give this holiday season:…
A project claiming to have produced the world’s first gene-edited babies has been stopped by the Chinese government,…
Speaking at a genetics conference in Hong Kong earlier today, embattled Chinese scientist He Jiankui said he was…
Canadian scientists have identified microscopic creatures that are so unlike anything seen before, they had to create…
It’s nicknamed the “humongous fungus”—an unusually large fungal growth belonging to a single genetic individual. An…
It’s a huge day for archaeologists and anyone interested in the history of America’s first settlers. Findings from…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday that it has approved the marketing of 23andMe’s reports…
Tigers seem pretty straightforward: stripes, sharp claws, awe-inspiring grace wielded by hundreds of pounds of rippling…
New research shows that chocolate Labrador retrievers are more likely to experience health problems and die younger…
The first farmers to arrive in Europe from the Middle East brought their dogs along with them, effectively wiping out…
What do blind cavefish, dinosaurs, and sunburnt humans have in common? A lot more than you may realize, according to a…
A new technology in which insects are used to genetically modify crops could be converted into a dangerous, and…
Scientists across the world are working together to make the most detailed map of the human body—one that will show how…
By performing a DNA analysis of elephant tusks nabbed at ivory busts, scientists have successfully backtracked the…
An appeals court has upheld a 2017 decision recognizing scientists from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT as the…
The opium poppy is famous for its ability to produce painkilling molecules. Now, by sequencing its genome, a team of…
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