Japanese researchers unravel the mystery of miracle fruit.
Japanese researchers unravel the mystery of miracle fruit.
A mutated feline receptor for sweet tastes explains why cats don’t love sugar but do dig mushrooms.
Genotyping could answer a centuries-old mystery about a vanished group of British settlers.
The story of a group of high school students who, with the help of a Rockefeller University researcher, conducted and published studies on the biological provenance of sushi and teas from around New York City.
The mother of disabled twins doggedly pursued the root of her children's illness and found it in their genome profiles.
Epigenetic perturbations could jump-start heritable variation.
Dried plant specimens reveal the origin of an insect pest that has spread throughout Europe.
A veterinary vaccine spawned products that could clean the HIV virus from blood supplies.
Indigenous populations are especially vulnerable to the effects of global climate change. A new research project aims to help them adapt.
Motivated by a career-ending ligament tear, a former NFL player starts a company to test athletes' genetic predispositions to common sports injuries.