The same amino acid can be encoded by anywhere from one to six different strings of letters in the genetic code. Andrzej Wojcicki/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Nearly all life, from bacteria ...

A study that analyzed the genetic code of a quarter of a million U.S. volunteers found more than 275 million entirely new variants that may help explain why some groups are more prone to disease than ...

Michael Phelps, with his record-breaking 28 Olympic medals, is considered one of the greatest Olympians ever. From 2004 to 2016, he competed in four Olympic Games, breaking numerous world and Olympic ...

In the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the new coronavirus still appeared to be confined to China, public health authorities were divided over whether to declare the outbreak a global ...

The genetic code, a universal blueprint for life, governs how DNA and RNA sequences translate into proteins. While its ...

Pyrrolysine is an important component of methyltransferase enzymes, which the archaea use to metabolize methylamine in the environment. “The need for that metabolism and availability of the machinery ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some scientific support, researchers can't agree on which—or which combination—is ...

The emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

A new study from Northwestern Medicine has brought exciting progress in predicting heart rhythm problems before they even ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Subhash Kak, Oklahoma State University (THE CONVERSATION) Nearly all life, from ...