Genetics

Scientists have long wondered how these bizarre creatures endured for years without food—now they’ve found out why

AlphaGenome Atlas predicts the effect of any single change in the fundamental structure of DNA

Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition that gradually robs people of their ability to move, speak and even think clearly—there is no cure

A groundbreaking study hints at a hazy boundary between “life” and “non-life,” as well as two distinct origins of biology on Earth

A genetic study shows how smell capabilities were maintained in a hunter-gatherer population

One in 7,000 people carry this gene mutation

Centuries-old DNA that was found in these mummies belongs to an extinct viral lineage of smallpox that was brought across the Atlantic during European colonization of the Americas

Scientists analyzing modern genomes may have found a long-lost branch of the human family tree

New work explains how avocado trees coordinate a complex reproductive strategy, switching every day between male and female

Developing software to reveal large genetic changes that lead to cancer

The noted aging researcher talks about how scientists are like birds

Eight years after a Chinese scientist's report of gene-edited babies shocked the world, U.S. scientists reported editing embryos not meant for pregnancies using a more precise technique