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

All life on Earth shares a common ancestor that lived roughly four billion years ago. This so-called "last universal common ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

In the plant world, when two different species mate, their offspring often don't survive. The reason lies in their DNA: ...

The Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court has sentenced 40-year-old Dineo Cambrige Baloyi of Soshanguve to life imprisonment for the murder of his younger brother, Lethabo (27), in a chilling case driven ...

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El Monte-based technology company Fulgent Genetics Inc. agreed to acquire selected assets of Bako Diagnostics, a pathology laboratory based in Alpharetta, GA, and to acquire StrataDx, a ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

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If you're looking for some holiday nostalgia on this Christmas Eve, it likely will include a viewing of the holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life. The 1946 heartwarmer starring Jimmy Stewart and ...

Everyday life is full of small behaviors we treat as moral choices, scientific truths, or acts of civic virtue—often without much reflection. From abandoned shopping carts to climate guilt over pet ...

A couple with deep ties to the Chicago area is donating $11 million to Lurie Children’s Hospital in hopes of speeding research, treatment and diagnosis for children with rare and genetic disorders.