Genetics

Genetics

Flexible DNA computer finds square roots

Scientists design a digital circuit made of molecules that may be able to crunch a wider variety of complex math problems than previous versions.

Genetics

Some genes like it hot

Some regional DNA differences may be due to climate, global surveys suggest.

Agriculture

A taste of the chocolate genome

Competing teams have announced the impending completion of the cacao DNA sequence.

Anthropology

Genome of a chief

Ancient DNA experts say they are analyzing a lock of Sitting Bull's hair.

Genetics

Keeping Time

New findings show how circadian clocks make the body tick.

Genetics

Dog gene heeds call of the wild

Domesticated dogs passed a gene for dark fur color to their wild cousins.

Genetics

Genomes and What to Make of Them by Barry Barnes and John Dupré

Health & Medicine

Closest look yet at lung cancer genes

A large study offers clues to the genetics behind lung cancer.

Genetics

The Newly Sequenced Genome Bares All

The mapped human genome begins to reveal its secrets.