A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, ...

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...

Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, March 1, 2026. By New York Times Games Hello, fellow word lovers. Welcome to Strands Sidekick. Our goal here is to help you solve ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there. By Carl Zimmer One of ...

A man has been arrested in connection to two sexual assault cases that happened decades ago in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County police said Monday they’ve arrested and charged Carl Rice ...

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The Elgin City Council signed off Wednesday on a new three-year contract with the Downtown Neighborhood Association of Elgin, but added two new requirements it did not discuss beforehand with the ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the ...

We thank all the members of the Symington lab for review of the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the NIH (R35 GM126997 to L.S.S. and T32 CA265828 to M.J.J.). Schematics shown in the ...

For many species, producing an embryo is a bit of a contest between males and females. Males want as many offspring as possible and want the females to devote as many resources as possible to each of ...