The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

A team of researchers spent years watching their quantum circuits fail before one finally worked. In early 2025, scientists ...

Bacterial blight (BB) is a serious plant disease that mainly affects rice plants, especially in warm, humid regions. Due to ...

Investigating a common gene in three very different species—salamanders, mice and zebrafish—scientists have discovered the ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators have used a genetic sequencing technique called whole exome sequencing to discover a new ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process rewards, regulate impulses and weigh consequences—not from genes that ...

Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath ...

AT Trevor & Associates’ ThinkTank’26 in Harare, we asked a room of Zimbabwean executives a deceptively simple question: is artificial intelligence already shaping your workplace, or are you still ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have used a next-generation form of gene editing to fix the underlying cause of a severe form of epilepsy in lab mice.

Since launching his war against Iran three weeks ago, few topics have gripped the national conversation like the fast-rising price of gas. Between the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the attacks ...