GUEST OPINION: DNA is a mosaic of genetic fragments passed down through generations, but its clarity diminishes over time. While modern testing can trace ancestry through shared markers, the depth ...

David Reich: That's right. You know, I think we're alone on the planet now, but 50,000 years ago, it would have been much like the scene in Star Wars, with many, many different humans, all similar ...

How ethnicity is ENCODED in your DNA: Researchers say our genetic code contains far more cultural information than thought. Researchers analyzed the DNA of 573 Mexican and Puerto Rican children ...

The Common Genetic Code: The often-mentioned fact that humans and chimpanzees are 99.9 percent identical in their DNA is hard to accept for some people, who can't comprehend how we could share so ...

The four-letter code: How DNA barcoding can accelerate biodiversity inventories. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 09 / 150901135109.htm ...

Two scientists think we can make the world's knowledge apocalypse-proof if we store it in DNA. How far-fetched is this idea? Ed Yong meets them to find out.

Because we can now test a wider variety of samples than ever before and reexamine cold cases with a new lens, he says DNA evidence piles up. "We may be using DNA technology for crimes we didn't ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such ...

DNA is perhaps the most famous molecule on earth. Here we explain what it is, what it does, and how it is crucial for health.

We can capture and compare people’s unique genetic tendencies for intelligence using polygenic scores, which add together the DNA variants linked to intelligence.