The first scientific evidence of the Black Death in Edinburgh has been discovered on the remains of a teenage boy who died in ...

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it ...

In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen's accidental discovery of X-rays marked the moment science learned to look beyond surfaces, fusing ...

DNA in seawater revealed that 93% of fish species live beyond known ranges, exposing major gaps in global marine biodiversity records.

After years of suffering from Marfan syndrome - a genetic condition that affects connective tissue and can cause heart, eye, ...

A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...

New genetic research is overturning decades of accepted beliefs about where Guam’s ancient CHamoru people came from, ...