The Okazaki Fragments That Solved the Mystery of DNA Replication1. The Mystery That Could Not Be Solved by the Discovery of ...

SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Sen. Robert Byrd's legacy will continue to be carried on in the Eastern Panhandle this month, with various different events being held in commemoration of the federal day of ...

OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Scientists are using sea turtle DNA to uncover family connections, nesting patterns and breeding information that could help guide conservation efforts. Deb Allen, ...

In a new Science study, scientists read the family tree buried inside modern genomes and turned up “ghost ancestors” in every population on Earth that no fossil records can account for. But did our ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by DNA damage. Among the most dangerous lesions are DNA interstrand crosslinks ...

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would later reshape biology and our understanding of life itself. A ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, ...

Human history is rife with contentions about the purity (and superiority) of the bloodlines of one group over another and claims over ancestral homelands. More than a decade of work on ancient human ...

The Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, the Mahindra Humanities Center, and Harvard University Press hosted a discussion commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the Norton Lectures on ...

Think about your expectations when you sit down in a lecture hall to hear a talk or watch a performance. Most likely, you’re not going to interact with the person on stage. Even if you like the topic, ...

On a windy Thursday night in downtown Boston, the hanging portraits of Bostonians past seemed to watch over the bustling crowd in Democracy Brewing‘s backroom. Sixty young professionals claimed seats ...