In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more ...

Scientists think they may have recovered the DNA of virtuoso artist, engineer and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. Samples were ...

Researchers caution evidence remains preliminary but say genetic analysis could reshape how artworks are authenticated - ...

Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

Science is searching for the secret to their extreme longevity from many angles. But scientists still hadn’t covered the ...

Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...