Scientists analyzing ancient DNA from a 12,000-year-old double burial in southern Italy uncovered genetic evidence of a rare inherited growth disorder in two closely related prehistoric individuals. A ...
DNA from 3,700-year-old bones in a mountain cave in Calabria reveals a family relationship so rare it stands out even in deep ...
Once disregarded as “junk DNA,” scientists now know that this molecular dark matter is crucial for determining gene activity ...
A groundbreaking discovery from ancient DNA has solved a longstanding puzzle regarding two prehistoric individuals, revealing ...
WTOP’s Matt Kaufax takes an even deeper dive into the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s “Ocean Library” through DNA ...
Life runs on instructions you never see. Every cell reads DNA, turns that message into RNA, and then builds proteins that ...
Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...
A mitochondrial DNA mutation passed down through the maternal line in some Venezuelan families has been linked to severe ...