Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now ...

During the third millennium B.C.E., a man was buried in a sealed ceramic pot in the Egyptian village of Nuwayrat. Now, using ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Recent research suggests that some of these genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals could be linked to autism spectrum ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...