Researchers have gained new insights into the genetic basis of rye reproduction. They have demonstrated how plants recombine ...

A new genomic method has enabled multiple people with rare conditions to receive diagnoses that were previously unattainable ...

Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

Nathan Cofnas was sacked after attacking the ‘DEI devil’, but the university has now said his controversial views on IQ and ...

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories. “It’s ...

Using comparative molecular biology with human cGAS – which actually inhibits DNA repair – the scientists found that the naked mole-rat's enzyme has four key changes that facilitate the important work ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret ...

Charitable giving is on the rise as some families rely on a legal loophole to lower the rate of inheritance tax they pay. But experts are warning gifting errors can lead to costly challenges, ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

More than 12 years since a skull was discovered in Shasta County, advanced DNA testing has revealed that the remains belonged to a Napa woman, officials said. In March 2013, brush cutting workers ...

New DNA and ballistics testing have linked a serial killer to the 1991 "Yogurt Shop Murders," solving a case that has haunted Austin, Texas, for more than three decades. During a news conference on ...

The Yogurt Shop Murders were the subject of a four-part documentary released on HBO this year. On Friday, police said DNA evidence collected at the crime scene linked Robert Eugene Brashers to the ...