A powerful new docuseries premiering August 2 on National Geographic takes viewers into the emotional, high-stakes world of ...

As 2004 begins, staff writer Valerie Strauss asked students and teachers across the country to describe their most interesting or effective assignment so far this school year. More responses can ...

Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the first sequence of the human genome, albeit based on DNA from a small ...

Stressed DNA sets off a cascade of failures in the body linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and chronic ...

Australia is on track to create a baby with three people’s DNA as early as next year, after the United Kingdom revealed eight such children had been born through the technology.

The idea has been to guide youths through the scientific process of collecting samples, extracting DNA and analyzing it.