Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating proteins and cells, the building blocks of life, according to a pioneering ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

In an article published in Molecular Cell, scientists have discovered how the three-dimensional organization of DNA in our ...

Ancient DNA analysis provides new insights into our linguistic roots. Where did the Indo-European language family originate?

New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

Researchers Unearth 10,600-Yr-Old Spirit Cave Mummy’, Reveal Modern Humans Came to America Earlier Than Thought The genome ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

“You can still feel him in that room. His spirit is imprinted there.” Lisa Marie would sometimes sleep with her children in Elvis Presley’s bed Lisa Marie Presley longed to reconnect with ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that ... are more likely to have careers in fields related to science and technology and, according to our recent study, are also ...

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and president and co-founder of DNA Bridge, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Syria and elsewhere have ...

Of course, though, testing a child's parentage based on physical features is far too subjective — that's typically where DNA tests come in. Such tests can offer a far more scientific way of ...