For decades, biologists have known that the instructions for life are written in DNA, yet the vast majority of those letters seemed to sit in the dark, doing little that was obvious. Now a new ...

It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax takes an even deeper dive into the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s “Ocean Library” through DNA collection.

DNA provides the foundational library of possibilities, but the environment serves as the librarian, choosing which books are ...