In a cave nestled high in the Calabrian mountains, ancient bones have revealed a shocking genetic discovery: a child born ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

Deep beneath the mountains of central China, geologists say they have mapped a cache of gold on a scale rarely seen in modern ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

A new study confirms this long-held theory, discovering that 60 percent of defective genetic pairs impacting the production ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

"Scientists have overlooked this species for so long," said Kyushu University entomologist Ryōta Seki in a statement.

Serendipitous observations have shaped science for centuries. What happens to such discoveries when the academic atmosphere leaves no room for detours?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While codons (combinations of three nucleotides) may vary in which do what functions, a long-standing rule was that each codon ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.