A great part of living in the 21st century is that if you have a device that connects to the internet, you have access to hundreds, if not thousands of experts who are often eager to share in-depth ...

Researchers have assembled the first telomere-to-telomere, diploid phased genome from a single human cell line ...

Scientists have reconstructed the complete genome of a real person, with full sets of chromosomes from each parent, a ...

(Alones Creative/iStock/Getty Images) One of the most iconic visual representations in biological science is the double helix ...

HG002, a near-perfect diploid human genome benchmark that is free of detectable errors across 99.4% of the genome and ...

A study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reports a major advance in understanding how interactions between human and viral genomes shape disease risk. The research found that ...

Forensic DNA evidence relies on understanding how genetic material is transferred, recovered and interpreted in criminal investigations. At its core are the processes of primary transfer, whereby DNA ...

Perhaps the most evocative windows into the minds of our ancient ancestors are the images they painted on the walls of caves – renderings known simply as rock art or cave paintings. Rock art, which is ...