The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ...

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international study reveals that ancient viral DNA buried in our genes plays an ...

It turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses that embedded themselves into our genetic code.

At the heart of all life is a code. Our cells use it to turn the information in our DNA into proteins. So do maple trees. So do hammerhead sharks. So do shiitake mushrooms. Except for some minor ...