Researchers created DNA tools that detect deep-sea marine animals like squids and octopuses by analyzing ocean water.

A Denisovan jawbone found off Taiwan's coast shines light on their expansive range across Eurasia. DNA extraction was not ...

Liquid biopsies offer a simpler way to detect cancer. Unlike traditional biopsies, it uses a blood draw. It helps monitor ...

It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.

This exponential population growth is accompanied by climate change, bringing challenges such as floods, droughts, pests, ...

Genetic factors are thought to play a major role in the development of autism – but for decades what they are has proven elusive. Now scientists are starting to uncover clues.

Hypochlorous acid is safe enough to spray in your eyes yet more effective than bleach. Why isn’t it everywhere?

The La Jolla Concours d’Elegance car show returns Friday through Sunday, April 25-27, with the theme “Mascots in Motion,” ...

Researchers have developed a method to extract living cells from feces that they say could help conservationists better ...

As soon as Colossal Biosciences declared that it brought the dire wolf back from extinction, everyone felt a sense of wonder.

Genetic analysis reveals that dire wolves are not gray wolves’ ancestors but a separate species, reshaping evolutionary ...

Most tuberculosis tests are conducted on sputum samples. The difficulty with this is that many people, particularly children ...