When astronauts venture into space, a remarkable phenomenon occurs: the activation of the “dark genome” within their DNA. This discovery unveils previously unknown genetic expressions, offering new ...

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

After 34 years, the Austin Police Department announced Friday it linked a suspect to the murder of four girls who were found ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and stuttering ...

Scientists at the Leonardo DNA Project say they are getting closer to reconstructing the 500-year-old DNA of Leonardo da ...

Between 2020 and 2024, CBP took DNA from approximately 2,000 U.S. citizens, including at least 95 minors, and sent those ...

For years, Customs and Border Protection agents have been quietly harvesting DNA from American citizens, including minors, and funneling the samples into an FBI crime database, government data shows.