Every human face is unique, allowing us to distinguish between individuals. We know little about how facial features are ...

Differences between men and women in intelligence and behaviour have been proposed and disputed for decades. Now, a growing ...

Researchers from the University of Queensland and Illumina analyzed DNA from 347,630 UK Biobank participants to determine how ...

Dr. Comfort is a historian of genetics who is completing a biography of James Watson. At first, James Watson terrified me. It ...

New whole-genome sequencing data reveals how strongly DNA shapes everyday traits, closing the long-standing gap in ...

Sohini Ramachandran is a professor of biology, data science, and computer science at Brown University. C. Brandon Ogbunu is ...

By studying Neanderthal DNA, researchers shed light on key genetic factors that contribute to the unique structure of human faces.

A meta-analysis looked at people’s genetic profiles and found associations between blood type and risk of early-onset stroke.

The gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing what's possible for treating a wide range of diseases caused by ...

The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a new x-ray crystallography image of DNA. The image was made by PhD student ...

Cavefish exhibit resilience to chronic sleep loss and tolerate elevated DNA damage and reduced DNA repair responses without compromising healthspan or longevity.