Ancient DNA from 5,500-year-old remains in Colombia reveals syphilis-related bacteria existed some 3,000 years earlier than ...

By targeting three key growth pathways at once, researchers eliminated pancreatic tumors in multiple mouse models and ...

The research, published in Science, argues that the true genetic contribution to the variation in human lifespan has been masked. A genetic contribution of 55% aligns far more closely with what has ...

A new analysis of “il Principe,” an ancient, decorated skeleton found in northwest Italy, confirms that the child died up to three days after being brutally attacked ...

Some 150 million years ago sauropods dramatically shaped the dinosaur ecosystem in what is now the western U.S., according to ...

The genes you inherit play a bigger role in determining your lifespan than previously thought, according to a new study.

But this evolutionary “arms race” looks a little different when playing out in microgravity.

Scientists have achieved a genetic feat once thought impossible: removing an entire extra human chromosome using gene-editing ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) keep finding the same impossible thing: ancient supermassive black holes; monsters millions of times the sun’s mass, existing when the cosmos ...

The study challenges earlier research, which suggested genes played a much smaller role in longevity, by introducing new ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.