From rooibos to tequila, Global South biopiracy shows how indigenous knowledge is repackaged as “authentic” while value flows north. The post In the world of aisle ethics, who owns the taste of the ...

Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a microbe that bends one of biology’s most sacred rules. Instead of treating a specific three-letter DNA code as a clear “stop” signal, this methane-producing ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers uncover gene clues that reveal how life evolved before Earth’s first universal ancestor. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA ...

Living organisms share an ancestor called the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA. LUCA is estimated to have lived approximately four billion years ago. All plants, animals, and microbes can trace ...

Live Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable ...

Umbilical cord blood transplantation has transformed the treatment options for patients with blood cancers and other life-threatening hematologic disorders, particularly when matched donors are ...

Being invited to present research at an international academic conference is an honor for any seasoned professional. But for ...

Karin Modig receives funding from Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare and from Karolinska Institutets research funds. How much do your genes determine how long you’ll live?

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match to a DNA database would have been a dead end.

After taking care of business in Starkville by beating Mississippi State 88-68, the Arkansas Razorbacks implemented a new wrinkle of sorts with its trio of big men on the court at the same time. Down ...

Each child is born into this world oblivious of the genetic risks for various diseases that they carry. Of course, they are too young and innocent to know it, but even their parents are ignorant of ...