Moss quietly collects DNA from animals, plants, and microbes, offering a simple way to track biodiversity without harming ...

A research group has developed a novel and highly accessible technology for producing uniform biomolecular condensates using ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

“Surprise heirs like Thomas are popping up because of DNA test kits,” according to the Wall Street Journal article. While ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

From ancient deserts to modern living rooms, science suggests that a cat’s dislike of water may be deeply rooted in evolution ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

New research is challenging one of medicine’s oldest assumptions: that cancer must be attacked to be cured. By treating glioblastoma patients with a simple combination of resveratrol and copper, the ...

Known as Breast Circulating Methylation Assay (BCMA), the new blood test looks for tumour DNA released into the bloodstream by cancer cells ...

Experts caution those using these services to be careful, as you may not always get what you want from biological relatives.