
Could an odd plant with a terrible name show us that “junk DNA” has value after all?

Could an odd plant with a terrible name show us that “junk DNA” has value after all?

The genome of the living fossil reveals big secrets…

The ENCODE project is revealing more about the human genome.

Honeybees may help us understand human behavior at the gene level.

A small pinky bone, tens of thousands of years old, offers as complete a genome sequence as living humans.

What can the genes of three hunter-gatherer populations in Africa tell us about human origins?
How does mimicry work in butterflies? Academy researcher Durrell Kapan and his colleagues have found the answer in the butterfly’s genome.

The recently sequenced monarch genome explains much about their migration.

Why do flies love beer so much?
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