Longevity labs, “immortality islands” and grapeseed pills are part of China’s national project to conquer aging, despite ...

Groundbreaking science is revolutionizing health and sustainability. Researchers are developing 'mini-brains' for disease ...

James Watson, Nobel Prize-winning American biologist who helped discover DNA's double-helix structure, has died. Once ...

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

Community advocates in Pacific Grove are urging action to protect the former NOAA building from repeated vandalism, as concerns grow over safety and preservation.

UCSF's Chancellor Hawgood urged transition to a "Second Curve" of innovation, leveraging philanthropy, new infrastructure, ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution ...

In February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had found "the secret of life". It was not an ...

Kezar Life Sciences will reduce its workforce by 31 employees, or about 71%. The job cuts are part of a broader strategic alternatives plan, the San Francisco biopharmaceutical company said Friday.

Saturn's Enceladus moon might be capable of supporting life, according to data collected by NASA's Cassini mission and compiled in a new study.

The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a ...