The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...

The scientist leaves behind a complicated legacy after making a slew of offensive remarks during the later part of his life.

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This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Ruth Ley and her colleagues demonstrated that behavior—in this case, how ...

Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.

Seed plants are essential as a source of food, fuel, medicine, and more. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has ...

( JTA) — Adolf Hitler had a sexual disorder that made it more likely for him to have a micro-penis, according to the ...