DNA, explained. DNA is a molecule that exists in almost every living thing, telling it what it should look like and how it should function. ... Picture a ladder that twists like a corkscrew, ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

From the archives: The discovery of DNA’s structure explained how life ‘knows’ what to do. ... During the early 19505 he perfected a method of making X-ray diffraction photos of DNA fibers.

Using the oldest DNA sample from Egypt to date, researchers have extracted and sequenced the entire genome of an adult male ...

Now, an international group of scientists have completed a highly detailed analysis of DNA from what is estimated to be a 50-80,000 year old Denisovan finger bone.

Quantum mechanics, which rules the world of the teensy-tiny, may help explain why genetic mutations spontaneously crop up in DNA as it makes copies of itself, a recent study suggests.