In 1976, Richard Dawkins published a book titled after an idea he’d come up with while teaching a lecture on animal behaviour for his PhD supervisor. It just so happened that the idea of The Selfish ...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to design thousands of new DNA switches that can precisely control the expression of a gene in different cell types. Their new approach opens the ...

Lifestyle factors impact longevity, but so does DNA. Scientists reveal exactly how heritable lifespan is. The findings are much different than previous studies on the subject. This study is different ...

CRISPR functions as a programmable genetic memory system derived from bacterial immune defenses against viral infections. Guide RNA allows for rapid multiplexed targeting compared to older ...

Israeli scientists have announced that they have successfully extracted genes that produce hallucinogenic substances from mushrooms and toads and incorporated them into a single plant, resulting in ...