At MIT, one genome researcher is testing a different approach. Bin Zhang, associate professor of chemistry and the leader of ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short distances across the DNA sequence, with the on/off switch ...

The African wild dog is one of Africa's most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human ...

The new reptile species had previously been thought to belong to the American crocodile, which has a widespread range.

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

After a decades-long mystery, authorities have identified a John Doe who was found murdered behind a cafe in northern Arizona ...

Your stress might actually be altering your child’s developing nervous system through biological pathways you’ve never ...

A forensic genetic genealogy team has uncovered a mystery behind a partial human skull found 32 years ago on a beach in ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding ...

DNA methylation is the covalent addition ... Here, the authors evaluate and compare eight third-generation sequencing tools for 6mA identification, assessing performance in terms of motif ...