Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s ...

The digested meat from the wolf pup’s last meal, which took place a staggering 14,400 years ago, contained enough DNA from ...

Towards the end of the last ice age, an ancient wolf feasted on a young woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). When the ...

Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material—deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)—of an organism.

What if a single Renaissance drawing could reveal not just who made it, but the biological traces of Leonardo da Vinci ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Science correspondent Richard Stone about recent developments in the search for Leonardo da ...

Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ...

CRISPR–Cas9-based therapies are widely investigated for their clinical applications. However, there are limitations ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...

The William H. Foege Genome Sciences Building at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle contains laboratories, sequencers, computational facilities, and other resources for ...