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

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

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

It's Neptune's smallest moon and is about 20 miles (34 kilometers) across. Earth's Moon: NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth's Moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter ...

PITTSBURGH — Kymora Johnson put herself in elite company by recording just the third triple-double in Virginia women’s basketball history, joining Dawn Staley as the only Cavaliers to accomplish the ...

LIG4 syndrome is an exceptionally rare disorder caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from repairing damaged DNA.

The galaxy’s relative proximity, combined with the wide variety of evolutionary stages among its stars. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows an especially photogenic pair of interacting ...

Image An isolated tooth found in Ukraine, dated to approximately 5,500 years ago. It contains the old DNA from a member of the Yamnaya people.Credit...Reich et al., Nature, 2025 Around 6,000 years ...

A scattering of red ochre represents a part of early Indo-European burial rites. Image: Oliver Uberti At a glance: Ancient-DNA analyses identify a Caucasus Lower Volga people as the ancient ...