ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

Nearly 7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s and by 2060, experts say that number could be as high as 14 ...

The extinction of Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, has long been a subject of intrigue and speculation. A ...

On a day that will be marked in the annals of medical history, November 6, 2025, a team of scientists unveiled a hidden ...

Imagine asking a search engine platform questions about your health and getting responses based on your own DNA. That's exactly what the founders of Bystro have created.

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and ...

With “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb aims for the tricky “middle path”: a life vivid enough to ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ruth Ley and her colleagues demonstrated that behavior—in this case, how ...

A team of scientists is employing a technique used to detect invasive species to search for troops lost at sea.

A human jawbone and teeth found in 1984 have now been identified as a man who died in a boating accident 6 years earlier.

The 33-year-old man was “a professional organist who had recently married and moved to Ventura County,” deputies said.

Genetic inheritance may sound straightforward: One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide ...