A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

Cells are constantly subjected to DNA damage from a range of internal and environmental sources. It is estimated that cells can experience as many as 100,000 DNA lesions per day. One of the most ...

When they compared the two types of DNA, they found the same pattern as the one discovered in 2001. At the population level, white sharks in the North Atlantic rarely mixed with those from the South ...