Sequence alignment algorithm enables rapid search of world's microbial DNA

By making the world's microbial DNA easier to explore, a new sequence alignment tool, LexicMap, lets scientists search for a ...

Sharper than ever: New algorithm brings the stars into greater focus

Johns Hopkins applied mathematicians and astronomers have developed a new method to render images from ground-based ...
CNN

Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says

Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a freelance health and science journalist based in New York. There’s nothing like shutting the bathroom door, maybe even locking it and hiding away from one’s family, even ...
The Globe and Mail

Human remains found in Ontario’s Algonquin Park in 1980 identified using genetic genealogy

Ontario Provincial Police say human remains discovered in the province’s Algonquin Park in 1980 have been identified as belonging to a man from Ohio, thanks to investigative genetic genealogy. Police ...