If you were a fish in Permian Brazil, Prionosuchus was your most formidable foe. This gargantuan, vaguely crocodilian ...

Researchers say understanding how Zika virus spreads through the human placenta and reaches the fetus is critical to prevent or control the infection.

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language.

A groundbreaking data storage technology could preserve an entire human genome in a tiny 5D memory crystal. Developed by ...

Margaret Howe Lovatt's experiment in the 1960s with a dolphin named Peter aimed to teach dolphins to speak English. Controversial interactions between ...

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When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...

An expert team in China led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "batwoman" for her work on coronaviruses has uncovered a new ...

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that ...

A breakthrough in bioprinting of living tissues could soon lead to 3D-printing of blood vessels and human organs, ushering in ...

The First Ice Age Humans to Arrive In America Were Actually From China The analysis of ancestry was of great interest to ...