Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Maike Morrison builds mathematical tools to quantify and compare biological variation. Her ...

Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year ...

The arrival of agriculture coincided with a sharp rise in a gene variant that protected against the virus that causes winter ...

Winter vomiting disease is caused by the Norovirus, which is most virulent during the colder half of the year.

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

Women are significantly more likely than men to develop Alzheimer's disease. Earlier age at menopause is associated with a ...

Bill Gates's comments on genetics as "code" have reignited debate over genetic engineering, intellectual property, and the ...

How to choose the embryo with the most developmental potential is a very important topic in the field of assisted ...

Amid a flurry of autism announcements — including some that have raised questions — the Trump administration is investing $50 ...

Some scientists looking to preserve vulnerable species have turned to a controversial technique: synthetic biology. This ...

For Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, as the animal is known to science, the most optimistic estimates say there could be around 100 ...