Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' season 2 returns as Jen Affleck addresses claims about her family's alleged connection to Ben Affleck ...

Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.

But in today’s health care system, available tocolytics are used “off-label” because they were originally developed for ...

Parents' genes—even when not directly inherited by a child—may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, ...

New research challenges many widely held beliefs in psychology, revealing that genetics may play a greater role in shaping ...

The mitochondrial genome can help researchers map ancestry and better understand the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases.

Louisiana Creole expert Jari Honora shared his genealogical research on 69-year-old Chicago native Robert Prevost shortly ...

Children with gifted parents tend to do better in school even if they didn't inherit the intelligence genes, a study found, ...

Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

ELKO — Mormon crickets are hatching late this year in Elko County and they are still too small to bait, according to Curtis Moore, assistant county manager and natural resources director.

Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal genetic disease in the U.S., which afflicts 40,000 Americans. But her ...