From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

Disease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers may have spurred the massive ...

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a ...

A mass grave holding soldiers from Napoleon Bonaparte's French army reveals some of the diseases that killed the Grande Armée ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

The arrival of agriculture coincided with a sharp rise in a gene variant that protected against the virus that causes winter ...

A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

T he bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it ...

Scientists found that childhood trauma can change DNA and brain development, leaving long-term biological marks.

A secret briefing warned the Queensland government that police and courts were still being provided unreliable DNA results, ...