Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Phase I clinical trials are the first step in testing a new treatment or combination of treatments. These trials often ...

Curled up inside every single one of the trillions of cells in the human body is six feet of DNA, spooled tightly and carrying the genetic instructions that govern so much of who a person becomes.

Yale researchers have created "Ochre," a genomically recoded organism that enables the production of synthetic proteins with ...

You may have heard about the large underground seed vault in Svalbard, Norway, which opened in 2008. But you might be ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...

Critics on both the left and the right decry surrogacy as exploitative, especially when carriers are compensated.

Step inside Asst. Prof. Sam Light’s lab to learn how scientists are mapping the incredible network of microbes living inside ...

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?