Leonardo da Vinci was the illegitimate son of a notary and a woman whose identity remains shrouded in mystery. He died in ...

A powerful way to foster appreciation for the impact of science and critical and innovative thinking is through art and the humanities ... of heritable genome modification techniques and the ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

Just as species adapt over generations, our body's cells accumulate DNA changes throughout life. Most are harmless, yet a few "driver" mutations give a cell a competitive edge and can spark cancer.

The United States government has funded countless projects over the course of its history, and they’ve had a wide range of ...

Feedback's proposal that the genome of the blue whale could be used to communicate the scale of large datasets is knocked ...

J. Craig Venter Institute, now in La Jolla, has leased 50,000 square feet of space at IQHQ’s 1.7-million-square-foot life ...

IQHQ, Inc., a premier owner and developer of world-class life science districts, announced today that the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a leader in genomics research since 1992, will relocate its ...

Scientists use species trees to describe these relationships, and they are typically inferred from genome sequences in modern research ... that are comparable in quality to the state-of-the-art ...

The process the immortal jellyfish uses to cheat death is like a form of cloning. If we can adapt it to the human body, it ...

Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World human verification project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, unveiled Wednesday a mobile device designed to help people determine the difference ...