The intriguing findings bolster the theory that asteroids seeded the early Earth with life's chemical components - a process known as panspermia.

New 'cassette tape' made of DNA has the capacity to store 36 petabytes of data, which could change the future of digital ...

Ashraf Patel explores the complexities of South Africa's G20 outcomes, revealing the contradictions in multilateralism and ...

Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes ...

Google featured a special doodle on Thursday (13 November) celebrating the molecule that holds the very blueprint of life — deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. Today's Google Doodle turns the spotlight on ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at age 97. Born in Chicago in 1928, Watson made the groundbreaking discovery at just 24 years old alongside British ...

James Watson, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died in a New York hospice facility at the age of 97. Along with fellow researchers Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, he won the 1962 ...

Scientist James Watson, whose research on the structure of DNA helped pave the way for developments in the study of human genetics, has died at the age of 97. Watson, a brilliant but controversial ...

An INRS team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA . A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the ...