We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...
A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...
Of all the myriad weird and wonderful species that populate this planet, it’s probably not the humble sweet potato that you’d pick as being the most mysterious. It may surprise you, therefore, to ...
In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...
Boston researchers sequenced a full human genome in record time, under four hours. The advance could speed life-saving diagnoses for newborns in intensive care. Boston Children’s Hospital, in ...
Around 8 % of the human genome is made up of “ghost” viruses - ancient retroviruses that once infected our ancestors and now ...
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Oct. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new Guinness World Record for fastest whole ...