A genetic analysis reveals that the polar bear split from the brown bear some 600,000 years ago.
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A genetic analysis reveals that the polar bear split from the brown bear some 600,000 years ago.
A scientist who claimed to have injected monkey embryonic stem cells into the eyes of rats to improve their vision accepts the penalty for research misconduct.
A new law opens the door to teaching creationism and climate change denialism in the state's public schools.
Scientists test which mutations underlie metabolic diseases that may benefit from changes in diet.
A genomic analysis reveals a crucial detail in drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite that are on the move in Southeast Asia.
Researchers discover a 70-million-year-old egg that belonged to a small, bird-like meat-eating dinosaur.
One of the researchers who created a highly transmissible form of the bird flu virus has broken his silence and shared which mutations made it possible.
The movie director-turned-explorer made the 6.8-mile drop to the deepest point on the seafloor, but wasn’t too impressed by what he found.
Researchers say they've found key molecular clues to a problem that plagues 80 percent of men.
Researchers question earlier findings of a new mechanism for gene regulation.