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 ...

Dimanthi Jayatilake, PhD. Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya . Since the transition from a nomadic hunter-gatherer ...

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 ...

In the pilot project, researchers from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture, ...

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.

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.