DNA

Two-million-year-old DNA, the world's oldest, reveals that mastodons once roamed forests in Greenland’s far northern reaches

Geneticist Svante Pääbo reconstructed the genome of long-extinct human relatives, showing we have more in common with Neandertals than previously thought

Two research teams grew synthetic embryos using stem cells for long enough to see some organs develop

A medieval cemetery yields DNA evidence of the deadly pandemic bacterium’s Central Asian ancestor

This “keystone” variant of a gene could make or break a food web in an experimental system

The Telomere-to-Telomere consortium just sequenced the tricky final 10 percent of the essentially complete human genome

A new delivery method for certain vaccines could make the lifesaving treatments more effective and accessible

Scientists surveyed dozens of species’ genomes to uncover keys to longevity

A new study demonstrates “I ka wā mamua, ka wā ma hope,” or “the future is in the past”

After 12 years at the helm of the top biomedical research agency, the geneticist will return to running his lab by year’s end

Pioneers of mRNA vaccines and next-generation sequencing techniques are among the winners of science’s most lucrative awards

Genetic data could lead to more personalized, meaningful education, but only if parents, teachers and policymakers understand genetics well enough to correctly use the information