Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

But did our direct ancestors interbreed with other long-lost hominin lineages before the first major migrations out of Africa ...

Researchers have recovered the first smallpox virus genomes ever identified in the Americas, providing evidence it was ...

For decades, scientists have largely relied on painstaking trial and error to coax proteins into crystalline forms.

Researchers have developed a DNA vacuum that can suck genetic traces from animals out of the air and reveal which animals ...

“I recognized something deeply familiar in his face, even though I had never seen him before,” the man’s long-lost brother ...

Cancer cells rely on powerful genetic switches to keep growth genes running at full speed, but that intense activity can damage their own DNA. The resulting breaks are repeatedly repaired, sometimes ...