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 ...

"It will allow us to help answer a variety of ... questions." Scientists make incredible discovery in Illinois river for ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

In December 2010, staff at the Soho House hotel in Manhattan, New York, received multiple complaints about a bathroom leak coming from one of the rooms. Upon entering, they discovered Sylvie Cachay ...

The Time Travelin’ Genealogy Guild is celebrating a decade of service teaching and sharing research methods for family historians and genealogical researchers at the Putnam County Public Library. Ther ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery about octopuses: they have one of the oldest known sex chromosomes in the animal ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

GeneDx is targeting a big market for its genetic testing: every newborn baby. The 24-old-company is developing a plan to make the testing common at birth.