In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

Ferrari remains a symbol of continuity and evolution. Among its most anticipated releases is the F80, a hypercar positioned to push the limits of hybrid performance. Combining a combustion engine with ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, a new AI model could help ...

Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.

In 1990, I finished my PhD on primate evolution and went to my postdoc in Davis, California, USA. It was meant to be on fruit fly ...

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global partners, combine results from two newly discovered prehistoric palm fossils ...

Centromeres play virtually the same central role across the entire tree of life: They ensure the faithful segregation of ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward mimicking nature’s tiniest gateways by creating ultra-small pores that rival the dimensions of biological ion channels—just a few atoms wide. The breakthrough ...

Ancient DNA from a Stone Age burial site in Sweden shows that families 5,500 years ago were more complex than expected. Many individuals buried together were not immediate family, but second- or third ...