Exposure to an environmental toxin can affect future generations’ ability to handle stressful conditions.
Exposure to an environmental toxin can affect future generations’ ability to handle stressful conditions.
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Engravings of female genitalia in a cave in southern France may be the oldest cave art yet discovered.
As the human population expands, the number of rare genetic variants has dramatically increased.
Two 9,000-year-old skeletons will be held by University of California, San Diego, officials—rather than turned over to American Indians for reburial—until a lawsuit is settled.
Human-specific duplications of a gene involved in brain development may have contributed to our species’ unique intelligence.
Researchers identify two new DNA repair systems, in addition to four that were already known, that can attack unprotected telomeres.
Inspired by Darwin, Mohamed Noor has uncovered the molecular dance by which a single species becomes two.
Masters of the Planet, Learning from the Octopus, Darwin’s Devices, and Psychology’s Ghosts
Genes that react to cellular sugar content are regulated by a long non-coding RNA via an unexpected mechanism