France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...

Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never encounter in the wild. And, in some cases, those animals represent valuable "assurance ...

New Research Shows That “Useless” DNA May Actually Play An Important Role TwistedSifter why people often wake up around 3 AM ...

For decades, the Golden State Killer terrorized California — a phantom who vanished after each attack. Investigators chased ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their longevity. These burrow-dwelling rats have a maximum life span of nearly ...

The 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to professor Steven ...

Isn’t it kind of nice that a no-frills monster movie with Scarlett Johansson became an old-fashioned blockbuster?

A major collaboration between UC San Diego and 23andMe identified genes that shape cannabis use behaviors. The study linked ...

New scientific article warns of loss of consumer trust unless proper analysis is done. Report: Claire Robinson ...