Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

A diagram of the DRT3 system, showing Drt3a in yellow and Drt3b in blue. (Hyunbin Lee) Scientists have just discovered an ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

Scientists previously thought only a handful of genes showed signs of selection in recent human evolution, but previous ...

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our ...

Cancer cells excel at evading detection, but subtle chemical differences set them apart from healthy cells. Now, a team of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, scientists believed that DNA strands under stress would form knots, tangling into chaotic shapes. But new research ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...

Scientists find diet can influence inherited traits without changing DNA, highlighting long-term biological effects.