Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but a wave of new research suggests their genetic material may ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

Every household dog, from a towering Great Dane to a trembling toy breed, traces back to wild wolves. New genetic work shows ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

Among all the important concepts that Kishimoto and Ikemoto have added to the story in Boruto, Shinjutsu remains to be the ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Greenland has changed quickly in the past 25 years. Along with new foods, jobs and habits has come a sharp rise in type 2 ...

Pawleys Island Police Chief Michael Fanning had been using his self-taught genealogist skills to learn about his ancestry.

Neanderthals are usually seen as brutish and primitive, but research now suggests our ancestors kissed often - and even with ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress.

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have revealed a previously overlooked layer of genetic variation that could help explain why people experience disease differently, and why some ...