ESA's Gaia mission has discovered the closest and 2nd closest black holes to Earth found yet. In this animation, travel to latter, black hole Gaia BH2, and see what makes it unique. Credit: ...

Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...

Ana Walshe’s remains have never been found. But a clue as to what may have happened to the 39-year-old woman came in the form of DNA samples pulled from items found in a Swampscott dumpster — ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals capable of detecting and responding to physical tension in DNA. This ...

The mysterious object known as 31/ATLAS, now widely discussed as an Interstellar comet discovered using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array or ALMA, is proving to be one of the most chemically unusual ...

A new study reveals how cells activate an emergency DNA repair system when their usual defenses fail, especially under the stress of tangled RNA–DNA structures called R-loops. Credit: Stock Scripps ...

Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.

The team at GACT has been analysing sediments from Hohle Fels cave in Germany. Credit: Geogenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen (GACT) The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists’ ability ...

It's a major discovery of the 21st century: knowing the structure of DNA has revolutionized our knowledge of life, medicine and science as a whole. In this TED Talk, Nobel Laureate James Watson ...

A new study has uncovered a previously overlooked hotspot for mutations at the starting points of human genes. These regions mutate far more often than expected, especially during the earliest stages ...

The DNA that helped link a former Pasco police officer to a 1986 murder may become the reason he gets a new trial. Appellate court Judges Robert Lawrence-Berrey, Tracy A. Staab and Megan Murphy ...