Humans may simply be unable to survive long term on other planets without a bit of genetic tinkering.
The feat has finally been achieved 19 years after the Human Genome Project sequenced 92% of it.
Scientists have identified a strange new type of virus with a genome that is almost entirely unknown to science.
For the first time ever, scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of the elusive giant squid.
Known as The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), the international endeavour is expected to take ten years.
The ambitious BioGenome Project aims to sequence and store the genomes of more than 1.5 million species.
A genome study has pinpointed when mankind's most recent common male ancestor would have lived.
Scientists have revealed new details about our prehistoric ancestors thanks to a fossil thighbone.
The breakthrough was made as part of a project funded by the US National Human Genome Research Institute.
New DNA sequencing techniques have helped scientists unlock the secrets of long extinct creatures.
Genome scientist J. Craig Venter believes that we will soon be able to design and 'print' organisms.
The Sasquatch Genome Project has revealed DNA test results along with several new pictures and videos.
Researchers have succeeded in sequencing the genome of several species of endangered big cats.
Referred to as a 'living fossil', the coelacanth has barely changed at all in over 300 million years.