Researchers reveal how certain harmful DNA variations become more common in sperm as men age, raising genetic disease risk for offspring.

Secondary school pupils in Wales will continue to be able to take three separate GCSEs in chemistry, physics and biology after a controversial plan to scrap them in favour of a double science GCSE ...

Hamilton's rule, introduced in the 1960s, says that altruism—helping others at your own expense—can evolve when the benefits to others, multiplied by how closely related they are to you, outweigh the ...

You know/suspect that the deceased’s wishes had changed since they made their Will some years prior and you wish to honour what you believe to be their final wishes. A Deed of Variation is an ideal ...

Ella Al-Shamahi is the host of “Human,” premiering on PBS this month. As an 18-year-old Muslim missionary, I enrolled at University College London intent on destroying the theory of evolution. Today, ...

Researchers are now exploring how different types of repetitive DNA create genome instability and structurally variant chromosomes.

Thomas Morgan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests. Researchers armed with CRISPR looked to the embryos of zebrafish ...

Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that once was common across the Balkans and Turkey—using ants. Reporting in iScience on October 3, the team shows that bacteria, acids, and ...

While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive from ...