Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

Cancer’s strongest gene switches push DNA into damaging overdrive, creating repeated breaks and repairs that may fuel tumor ...

Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one of the strongest pieces ...

Most people have some amount of Neanderthal DNA from the extinct cousins of modern humans who lived in Europe and Asia until ...

A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute have found that Neanderthal DNA in some of us may affect how our skin ...

Throughout history, humans have often believed they fully understood the world around them. You could travel back 500 years, ...

The scientists at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences are working toward finding Tajikistan ancestry through skeletons found in Vadnagar; explaining the Tibetan, South Asian and Central Asian ...

The age on your driver's license may not be the same age as the cells in your body. Scientists use something called an ...

Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

By combining museum specimens, DNA analysis and historical records, researchers are revealing how these ancient animals once ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...