Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is ...

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

New research suggests that the psychological traits of mothers and fathers may influence their children’s attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder tendencies and boredom levels in distinct ways. The ...

From regular excercise to a strict diet, some people will try anything for a longer life. Now, a study has finally revealed ...

The study challenges earlier research, which suggested genes played a much smaller role in longevity, by introducing new ...

If you’ve been scrolling through outdoor social media or hunting forums in the last few years, you’ve probably seen photos of ...

Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, environment and other variables. It also ...

The research, published in Science, argues that the true genetic contribution to the variation in human lifespan has been masked. A genetic contribution of 55% aligns far more closely with what has ...

DNA provides the foundational library of possibilities, but the environment serves as the librarian, choosing which books are ...

While many foodborne pathogens only affect the digestive system, listeriosis can spread into normally sterile parts of the body including blood and the brain, giving rise to life threatening ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...

Hackathons using AlphaGenome and other AI models are hunting down the genetic causes of devastating conditions that have ...