Pope Emeritus Benedict stepped down from the papacy, making him the first one to take such a step in six centuries. This ...

Discovering ultra-conserved elements in the genome and their role in limiting protein production in mice testes.

A vast search of natural diversity has led scientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ...

Each of us has enough DNA to reach from here to the sun and back, more than 300 times. How is all of that DNA packaged so tightly into chromosomes and squeezed into a tiny nucleus? Histones are a ...

He argues that “cross-polarized light microscopy images of fossil bones, collected for a century, should be revisited.” The ...

DNA double-strand breaks induce local genome maintenance and inhibition of replication initiation at nearby topologically associating domains without affecting global DNA synthesis. All genomes ...

In a quest to learn more about the history of our planet’s extinct creatures, a group of international scientists set out on a mission to find ancient DNA which was still intact. Their mission led ...

The image shows two galaxies, with a supermassive black hole in the lower galaxy. Huge bubbles of hot gas, one expanding and another fading, are visible around the black hole. The image captures ...

F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Rick Reuschel signs as a Free Agent, ...

Handel’s opera “Siroe, re di Persia” premieres in London. 1749: Henry Fieldings’ novel “Tom Jones” published. 1784: John ...

These fascinating science facts prove that reality is often stranger—and a lot more interesting—than fiction These ...