Genetic studies suggest that approximately 8 percent of men living in the former Mongol Empire territory carry Genghis Khan Y chromosome,…

The humble potato is the result of an ancient love affair between the ancestors of tomatoes and a plant called Etuberosum. This…

Every sweet potato you have ever eaten is a genetically modified organism—but nature made it, not scientists. Soil bacteria inserted their…

Wild almonds were lethal—just 50 bitter almonds could kill an adult. A single genetic mutation thousands of years ago turned off the poison…

Although DNA was discovered in 1869, it was not accepted as hereditary molecule until Hershey and Chase's 1952 experiments definitively…

Unlike humans and many other mammals, domestic cats lack functional taste receptors for sweetness. This reflects their obligate carnivore…