Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentWatch: Dazzling dancing spiders strut their stuff. What's behind their extraodinary diversity?It's not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia's dancing spiders that make them ...

Liverpool John Moores University. NatureTests on the skull could give new insights into ancient historyA DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile ...

Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10 years.The scheme, first reported ...

Family handoutSusan was no more than puzzled when she saw the first results from her home DNA testing kit.Now a woman in her mid 70s, she had never known ...

BBCIn January, Philip Marks says his prognosis was so bad that his oncologist did not think he would live to see FebruaryWhen his health deteriorated last winter, Phillip Marks ...

16 hours agoHelen Briggs, Environment Correspondent, BBC News, @hbriggsPol FernandezThe rare fern is found on the Pacific island territory of New CaledoniaA fern has entered the record books for ...

Researchers produce a new version of the human genome that could improve medical treatments. Source link

Prof Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Research Institute, said: "It will be interesting to know how well the mitochondrial replacement therapy technique worked at a practical level, whether ...

Genetic material extracted from soil has revealed the ancient plants and animals of North Greenland. Source link