Oh. It’s the people from the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr President, they say you’re this year’s winner. He has 10 minutes to alert ...

Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our ...

After scientists showed that AI can design a working virus, it's time to address the obvious: what if it's also used to make ...

Human DNA is not always making us function in ways we understand. Some of our genome is just there, and we’re not sure what it does. In fact, 8% of our DNA are viruses our ancestors caught one day and ...

Scientists have decoded the 3D structure of an ancient viral protein hidden in our DNA. The HERV-K Env protein, found on cancer and autoimmune cells, has a unique shape that could unlock new ...

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating—and possibly even ...

According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common human virus closely linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), can change the 3D structure of ...

During his remarks at the White House today, President Trump attempted to lecture a reporter. Trump stated, "You don't explain it right, Jeff." ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...