New research pinpoints 298 parts of the genome associated with higher risk of bipolar disorder. This could lead to better ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...

The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is ...

The office argues nuclear DNA science is "generally accepted" within the scientific community and "based upon technology that ...

Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

Scientists have developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy -- organisms carrying extra genome copies -- in evolution. Their findings reveal that polyploidy can stabilize ...

Researchers use CRISPR to overcome seemingly insurmontable reproductive barriers — but that doesn't mean this could work for ...

Recent science updates include Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, progress on the Extremely Large Telescope ...

Washington — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...