Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Most of us wandered through high school biology class, mostly worried about passing the next exam or ...

Researchers have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, overcoming their identical negative charges to pair up ...

Over the past 50,000 years, many of the world's large mammals have gone extinct. Until recent decades, all we knew about them came from fossils. Now, analysis of ancient DNA is adding to the ...

Scientists show that positively charged metal ions help DNA molecules overcome electrostatic repulsion, supporting the DNA ...

Scientists uncovered DNA from two mysterious human ancestors hidden in modern genomes, revealing new clues about our evolutionary past.

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. He was 97. The ...

James Dewey Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped launch a revolution in biology and medicine, died Thursday at age 97. He died in hospice care after a brief ...