For fifteen years, scientists possessed only ghostly DNA evidence of the Denisovans—an ancient human lineage known solely ...

Researchers have developed a new fluorescent label that gives a clearer picture of how DNA architecture is disrupted in cancer cells. The findings could improve cancer diagnoses for patients. Their ...

In five years since AlphaFold's debut, it has transformed basic biochemical research. But its long-term effect on drug discovery remains unclear.

Photos and letters from the archives show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA. Science Photo Library DNA is the molecule that contains the hereditary ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to ...

One of the most important milestones in modern science, does April 25 also mark the date of an intellectual heist? As has been well-documented, a third person contributed to the discovery — the ...