An international team from a genome project led by researchers at the University of Florence assembled experts from mult…
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If you see a cute little puppy wandering down the street, keep in mind: there’s real wolf DNA inside it. This revelation comes from researchers at the Smithsonian National Museum…
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Greenland whales (Balaena mysticetus) are the longest-lived mammals. A team of biologists from the University of Rochester in New York has discovered a unique mechanism in these whales that is…
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At the time of her death in August 2024, María Branyas was the world’s oldest living person. Her life spanned 117 years and 168 days — especially striking given that…
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A new DNA study by American and Italian researchers suggests earlier conclusions about Pompeii’s victims may be wrong. The team found some bodies had been misidentified. People who were assumed…
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A team of Spanish scientists led by forensic expert Miguel Lorente spent 22 years analyzing DNA from Christopher Columbus’s bones. The remains of the famed navigator, who died in 1506,…
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The team from the Immunology Department at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York has taken another step toward slowing human aging. Ancient viruses, whose DNA has been carried in…
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On a gloomy March Monday in 1827, German composer Ludwig van Beethoven died at 56. He had long suffered from jaundice and was bedridden. His limbs and abdomen were swollen,…
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It’s no secret fried food isn’t great for you. Doctors have long warned that frying creates carcinogens that raise cancer risk. But researchers have only recently uncovered a new mechanism…
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This scientific breakthrough was announced by the Texas company Colossal Biosciences, which specializes in biotechnology and genetic engineering. The team plans to bring the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct species…
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A team of Spanish scientists led by forensic expert Miguel Lorente analyzed DNA from the remains of Christopher Columbus, which are kept in Seville Cathedral. Scientists also studied the DNA…
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Neanderthals and modern humans shared a long, fascinating history. The presence of Neanderthal DNA in the genomes of living people shows those populations were closely connected. Some scientists even argue…
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For decades, scientists have wondered why humans don’t have tails. A team of researchers from New York and Harvard universities traced the answer to a mutation in a key gene.…
