A new study suggests that the Agouti gene in the brains of male African striped mice can act as a molecular "switch," making ...

Archaeologists have analyzed a mass grave in southeastern Europe that held the remains of women and children who were violently murdered 2,800 years ago. The grave may be key to understanding the ...

Live Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable ...

Improvements to data writing and reading techniques, alongside a new way to store data, mean the technology is more ...

Researchers have proposed that changes in Earth's ionosphere could trigger electrical forces that nudge fragile areas of the ...

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...

The IQAir Atem Earth air purifier blows competitors out of the water with its elegant design and eco-friendly credentials.

The next annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 6, 2027, when a "ring of fire" will be visible for up to 7 minutes, 51 ...

In the book "What We Inherit," experts unpack long-standing myths about genes and how those myths could shape public opinion around emerging embryo-selection technologies.

In an early animal test, a new nasal-spray vaccine has shown promise against a variety of germs and a common allergen, scientists report.

NASA will attempt to fuel its Artemis II rocket again tomorrow after hydrogen leaks derailed the first wet dress rehearsal and delayed what is scheduled to be a historic crewed flight around the moon.

But genetic analyses over the past two decades have revealed traces of several human ghost lineages in the ancestry of people today and in the ancient DNA recovered from fossils. These human ghost ...