Researchers found that interbreeding between Neanderthals and early modern humans favoured male Neanderthals mating with female modern humans.

A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute have found that Neanderthal DNA in some of us may affect how our skin ...

RNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production. Scientists are now testing a new platform called DoriVac, which uses folded DNA ...

A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people ...

A protein tied to ALS and dementia may have a much bigger role in disease than scientists realized. Researchers found that ...

Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). A tiny stash of asteroid dust may help answer one of science’s oldest questions: how much of life’s chemistry began in space? In a groundbreaking study ...

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world's ...

The age on your driver's license may not be the same age as the cells in your body. Scientists use something called an ...

Use of DNA evidence against the 'Monster of the Miramichi' set important legal precedent for decades to come, according to one expert.

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

Honoring Rosalind Franklin: the overlooked pioneer whose vital contributions to DNA research reshaped science and women's legacy.

A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, ...