Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side. Their persistent use can produce "superbugs"—drug-resistant microbes that ...

Trace Genomics said its focus shifted "to finding the right home" for its soil-measurement technology amid market headwinds.

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For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health and well being of all kinds of species around the world.

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce, doubling their plant menu and boosting their resilience. Using ...

Now ancient DNA is allowing investigators to find episodes of long-ago selection that have since been overwritten. The first ancient human genome was sequenced in 2010.

Secrets of medieval kings revealed by DNA from 900-year-old skeletons. New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.