Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Should they boost their survival by eating a little bit of everything, bypass biological booby traps by narrowing their choices to one plant, or adapt their strategy as environmental conditions change ...

Traditional storage media like silicon chips and magnetic tapes are hitting their capacity limits. DNA offers a promising ...

The genes of great white sharks defy scientific explanation. An animal's genome can be deeply revealing, but ever since researchers started decoding great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) DNA more ...

On Halloween night in 1993, 39-year-old Cherilyn Hawkley was discovered dead inside her minivan near Granite Bay.

Researchers believe that's partly down to the spider's 'dark DNA' - a mysterious part of the animal's genetic code, and they are studying it to find out more. They think that this dark DNA might ...

Dulaine Lotharp, 55, has been arrested and charged in connection with a 32-year-old sexual assault cold case. The case dates back to 1993 and 1994, when two separate sexual assaults occurred in the ...

USC and University of Virginia researchers found that accelerated biological aging, measured by DNA methylation, predicted IQ ...