Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than ...

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

Technological acceleration may generate explosive adjustments rather than gradual adaptation. Governments must appoint senior science and technology advisors with a mandate for analysis and forecastin ...

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

Crop pests cause substantial yield losses worldwide and pose persistent challenges to sustainable agriculture.

Risk prediction has been used in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease for >3 decades. Contemporary cardiovascular risk assessment relies on multivariable models, which integrate ...

If our stance on sex selection isn’t clear, how can we consider the even thornier issue of parents choosing embryos to optimise their chance of turning out right-handed, blonde, tall or smart children ...

Aspiring parents are paying tens of thousands of dollars to US genetics companies that promise to let them to “preview” their ...

Despite major advances in genetic testing for breast cancer risk prediction, death rates remain disproportionately high among ...

AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like helpful assistants for one user at a time. They’re ...

Humans&, a startup with a philosophy that AI should empower people rather than replace them, has raised $480 million in seed funding at a $4.48 billion valuation, reports The New York Times. Investors ...