Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

New research has uncovered more about the complexity of human gene regulation by identifying certain sequences of proteins ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the ...

Feedback is delighted to hear from a reader who proposes an ingenious new unit of data – but we have some quibbles with the ...

Dire wolves, extinct for over 10,000 years, are back thanks to Colossal Biosciences. Using ancient DNA and CRISPR gene ...

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic centimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're all connected.

A ground-breaking science firm that brought back the dire wolf revealed its extraordinary plans to reintroduce more extinct ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

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

Colossal Biosciences has modified 20 genes from the gray wolf to create a canine that resembles a species that went extinct ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a ...