Trofim Lysenko rose from relative obscurity to dominate Soviet agricultural science under Joseph Stalin. Rejecting established genetics in favor of discredited theories, Lysenko claimed crops could be ...

The University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences is set to admit its first batch of students in October 2026, as government moves to settle outstanding debts that stalled construction of the ...

Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild ...

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

In 2013, farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia began to notice something unsettling: a familiar variety of wheat was failing ...

A new study points to a larger role for genetics than previous research had indicated, estimating the contribution of genes to determining human lifespan at about 50%. That is roughly double what ...

Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, environment and other variables. It also helps not to get hit by a dump truck. But what about your genes? That has ...

This article highlights the top B.Tech Biotechnology colleges in India for 2026, detailing their course durations, fees, and eligibility criteria. It also compares leading universities based on their ...

Though Bayer Crop Science has spent more than $12 billion defending glyphosate, the company is optimistic a Supreme Court case could clarify the company's use of labels on the popular herbicide.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid for genetic testing in an apparent bid to harness his own genetic material for regenerative medicine – which is aimed at repairing the body by developing ...

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A meta-analysis of 52 studies that included over 5,000 transgender people suggests that transgender women's physical fitness after hormone therapy is comparable to that of cisgender women. When you ...