James Watson, who has died aged 97, was the 25-year-old American biologist who in 1953, with Francis Crick, revealed the double helix structure of DNA, the chemical from which genes are made. For this ...

Long before written history, early families moving across Eurasia kept dogs close as companions and helpers. A sweeping new study offers the clearest evidence yet that the history of dogs is ...

For a significant number of people online therapy tools such as mental health apps websites and AI chatbots are their initial step to getting help but not the complete solution ...

Genetics research and cognitive theory together are revealing autism’s biological depth and cognitive richness, shaping a ...

New whole-genome sequencing data reveals how strongly DNA shapes everyday traits, closing the long-standing gap in ...

A new study of ancient dog DNA shows that people and dogs traveled together across Eurasia for at least 10,000 years.

The real revolution came in 2012, when researchers Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier harnessed CRISPR, a natural bacterial defense system. In bacteria, CRISPR cuts out invading viruses’ DNA ...

New Stanford research reveals older mice surprisingly developed fewer, smaller tumours, challenging the notion that cancer ...