In a groundbreaking advancement for families grappling with the challenges of Dravet syndrome, a rare and life-altering form of epilepsy, scientists have developed a new gene replacement therapy in ...

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against ...

Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species--including plants, fungi, and even humans--are genes that are passed from generation to generation with no clear benefit to the organism. Called ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Studies have suggested that genes under strong sexual selection tend to evolve rapidly, particularly those associated with ...

It is a detailed view of the brain like never seen before. In a significant technological leap, University of Florida researchers have created a powerful new computational and artificial intelligence ...

Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Archive Photos—Stringer/, Columbia Pictures/Everett (2), ...