Franklin senior Lucas Ackermann has come a long way in four years. Ackermann won the 100-yard breaststroke in 53.23 seconds ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

While all cats are said to have nine lives, some breeds are naturally hardier than others. Breeds shaped by natural evolution ...

Music legend Gene Simmons has yet again slashed the asking price of his former Beverly Hills home-months after trimming a half-million dollars. Simmons, 76, initially listed the "exceptional" home for ...

A protein called klotho is reshaping how scientists understand cognitive aging, offering the first clear molecular link ...

Coaching legends met before, and after, Michigan State's win at Mackey Arena on Thursday. Here's what Tom Izzo learned from Gene Keady: ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

A first-of-its-kind inhalable gene therapy for lung cancer that genetically modifies people’s lung cells has been fast-tracked towards potential approval after promising clinical trial results. “Very ...

I hate to break this to you, but every child is a genetic experiment – and nature doesn’t care if things go wrong. Our genomes are awful messes created by conflicting evolutionary forces, and every ...