The process of evolution usually takes thousands, millions or even billions of years. But researchers have found a way to condense it into a matter of minutes using a method called 'directed evolution ...

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest ...

A new study sheds light on genetic shifts that influenced anxiety and body shape, shaping modern horses’ bodies and behavior.

LIYAM CHITAYAT is a Hertz Fellow and MIT Ph.D. student in Computational Systems Biology. She has previously led biodefense ...

When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When we ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

Could a natural check on cancer be used to stop the disease? It's possible, but to leverage a system that nature designed, we ...

Photos show the animals’ coloring, which varied depending on whether they came from inside or outside the cave.

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

Directed evolution is usually a laborious process that often takes weeks in which proteins rapidly evolve and develop ...

Researchers have explored the key benefits of employing aptamers in targeted therapies for orthopedic diseases. The flowchart ...

A Denisovan version of a gene variant called MUC19 made its way into some human populations, who then settled the Americas.