After fertilization, embryos race through rapid cell divisions before slowing down to build specialized cells that will carry ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how ...

In two experiments, researchers have found that introducing people to "mental models" about how mRNA vaccination works and ...

Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's ...

A new AI model called popEVE can predict how likely each variant in a patient’s genome is to cause disease. The team is ...

Models trained to cheat at coding tasks developed a propensity to plan and carry out malicious activities, such as hacking a customer database.

Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

Profluent has raised $106 million to scale up use of its AI models for biology in drug development and agriculture.

Would you choose to have a part of your body live on after you died? How might your choice affect your relatives—or even your ...

Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have developed a new genetic risk score that predicts who is most likely to experience irregular or dangerous heart rhythms. The test merges several types of ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...