Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.

Recent scientific breakthroughs have transformed the once-dismissed non-coding DNA, or “junk DNA,” into a targeted weapon ...

STANSBURY PARK — When a massive rainstorm flooded Tooele County this past weekend, most people were focused on cleanup and damage assessments. But in one Stansbury Park classroom, all that water led ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

Stewartville Middle School science teacher and high school football coach Brandon Hoth appeared on Good Morning Football on Wednesday to talk about how he uses "Angry Runs" in his science lessons.

Sept. 10 (UPI) --Google is celebrating the start of the 2025-26 school year with a DNA-themed Doodle on Wednesday. This Back to School Doodle looks at deoxyribonucleic acid, also known as DNA, "a ...

Breakthroughs in DNA science help solve a case that remained unsolved for decades, bringing long-awaited answers Trump booed by crowd at the US Open Calls to give drivers harsher penalties over rising ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do. By Carl Zimmer At the heart of all life is a code.

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There's a basic principle of free speech that the censors always seem to forget. Namely, the act of suppressing speech only tends to add more fuel to the speaker's fire. Don't believe me? Just ask ...