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The findings were presented at the 13th European Breast Cancer Conference

Researchers say findings could ‘form the basis of blood testing for people with a genetic predisposition or a family history of breast cancer’

It’s a paradox: Life needs water to survive, but a world full of water can’t generate the biomolecules that would have been essential for early life. Or so researchers thought.

Nearly 300 years ago the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus secured his place in scientific history when he created what’s known as the binomial system. The year was 1737 and, due to the large diversity of plants and animals collected by naturalist explorers in different parts of the world, Linnaeus saw…

Our Medieval ancestors left us with a biological legacy: Genes that helped them survive the Black Death likely make us more susceptible to certain diseases today

How did life form from non-living chemicals? New research looks to the motion of the ocean

As a new study confirms drinking too much really does make you look older, Lisa Salmon looks into other lifestyle factors that may contribute too

The Victorian biologist and anthropologist TH Huxley and his Unesco director grandson, Julian, are compelling twin poles in this wonderfully ambitious saga of a scientific dynasty

Hybrid species of human, once seen by experts as science fiction, may have played a key role in our evolution. Here are 6 recent discoveries that illuminate our story.