For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Stanford AI wrote full viral genomes that worked—16 lab-built phages show life can now be designed, not just discovered.

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Scientists analyze 4.3 billion dipeptides across species to trace genetic code evolution and early protein development.

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer. This allows bacteria to ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in the genetic code. Arc Institute researchers are changing that paradigm with ...

Around 380 million years ago, in the shallow seas of the Devonian Period, this fish was swimming around minding its own ...

Australia’s peacock spiders dazzle with colour and dance. Scientists are uncovering a genetic mystery that could explain ...