Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

Scientists photograph the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, the source of the BW43 echolocation pulse, for the first time.

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Over 30 new laws went into effect Jan. 1 across Tennessee. While some, like House Bill 1376, already had partial rollouts in the 2025 others are entirely new to the ...

There are no established treatment options for patients with meningioma recurring after surgery and radiotherapy.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld using probabilistic genotyping software program for DNA evidence in a criminal case.

A thorough health evaluation of one of the world's oldest people, Maria Branyas, suggests that one of the reasons she lived ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Kris Stewart loved her cat Bear. A lot. So much so that when he died in 2022, she raced to store his DNA. “He was a very ...

The gray-market drugs flooding Silicon Valley reveal a community that believes it can move faster than the F.D.A.