At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, scientists created a new way to tell someone’s age using just a bit of DNA. This ...

Arrow worms, or chaetognaths, are strange ocean predators that have puzzled scientists for more than a century. They have transparent, torpedo-shaped bodies, sharp grasping spines near their ...

Learn how to unlock GPT-5 in VS Code using GitHub Copilot Pro. Here are the steps and how to bypass usage limits using your API key.

Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us.

Beyond calories and vitamins, our food hides thousands of compounds. Scientists are only beginning to explore this ‘dark ...

Reading frames The genetic code can be read in multiple ways depending on where the reading starts. For example, if the base sequence is GGGAAACCC, reading could start from the first letter, G and ...

Arrow worms, or chaetognaths, are strange ocean predators that have puzzled scientists for over a century. They have transparent, torpedo-shaped bodies, sharp grasping spines near their mouths, and ...

Scientists begin to pinpoint what’s in food besides fats, carbs and protein - We consume the chemicals in food every day, but ...

A new generation of CRISPR technology developed at UNSW Sydney offers a safer path to treating genetic diseases like sickle cell, while also proving beyond doubt that chemical tags on DNA—often ...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003 – sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being – many expected it would unlock the secrets of disease. But genetics explained only ...

During translation, which is the second major step in gene expression, the mRNA is "read" according to the genetic code, which relates the DNA sequence to the amino acid sequence in proteins ...