Humans surprisingly share a significant portion of their DNA with diverse life forms, from chimpanzees (98.8%) and bonobos ...

Research on guinea pig embryos uncovers similarities to human embryogenesis, advancing understanding of preimplantation ...

Researchers found that air samples from pig and poultry farms and nearby residential areas in China were highly enriched with ...

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Black adults with seasonal flu shots increased 7.0 percentage points (95% CI, 0.3 to 13.8) and Hispanic adults by 8.2 ...

The decay and decomposition of a human body may be unpleasant to consider, but it can be crucial in criminal justice. Rupali ...

For decades, Americans were covering their bodies with more and more tattoos. Now, they’re getting them removed as fast as ...

I've been on kind of a weird kick here at BuzzFeed, writing post after post about people — both regular folks and celebrities ...

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we ...

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through generations, laying the foundations for new insights into the roots of ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...