Australia’s peacock spiders dazzle with colour and dance. Scientists are uncovering a genetic mystery that could explain ...

These spiders have ‘dark DNA’ - and it could change the way we understand evolution - Scientists believe ‘dark DNA’ may be ...

A new study brings scientists closer to uncovering how life began on Earth.

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Micronutrients, minerals that are part of the human diet in small amounts, may have influenced human evolution more than ...

An international team of scientists has revealed how rogue rings of DNA that float outside of our chromosomes—known as ...

An international team led by the Clínic-IDIBAPS-UB along with the Institute of Cancer Research, London, has developed a new ...