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“I uploaded my DNA and then they said if I was a match I would get a letter,” the woman told Newsweek.

On February 28, 1953, two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, announced they had figured out the structure of DNA.

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Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

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Natural history museums contain an astonishing snapshot of the planet's biodiversity. Using this information to better ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.

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Researchers used molecular signatures in mobile DNA to trace the evolutionary origins of the cultivated strawberry genome.

Apple is a "Party of One" in the world, according to CEO Tim Cook in a new interview weeks ahead of the company's 50th anniversary.