Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

The code we’re talking about—the human genome—stores most of its instructions in genetic “ dark matter,” the 98 percent of DNA that doesn’t make proteins.

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies served a purpose or if they were just leftovers from evolutionary ...