Life’s story may stretch further back than scientists once thought. Some genes found in nearly every organism today were already duplicated before all life shared a common ancestor. By tracking these ...

How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors? This is a central question in biology. Take our hands, for example: Every time we type a ...

Gregor Mendel described his experiments with pea plants and proved that genes are transmitted in discrete units, with certain ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...

Experts debate MMR/p53 testing, liquid biopsy, and immunotherapy sequencing in endometrial cancer, refining prognosis and relapse treatment.

Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives ...