One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

When Carmen Thomas was growing up in Boston, her mom told her that her absent dad’s name was Joe Brown. So when she sent a saliva sample to 23andMe in her 20s and got a match with a Brown, she was ...

New research in C. elegans from scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) helps explain how changes in the parents’ lysosomes that promote longevity are transferred to their offspring.

Many Americans are banking on an inheritance from their parents to shore up their financial futures. They may be in for a surprise. Passing down assets after their own death is a low priority for many ...

How to tell your children you plan to 'die with zero' and leave them nothing Many Americans are banking on an inheritance from their parents to shore up their financial futures. They may be in for a ...

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Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

An inheritance windfall can provide many people the opportunity to turn their lives around, from paying off lingering debts to putting a downpayment on a home. Say, for example, you’re 45 years old ...

My mom died just over a year ago, and I’m still knee-deep in probate. I’m barely average. The typical probate process to settle a will or the estate of somebody who dies without one takes 20 months, ...

Larry Ingrassia was just 15 years old, working as a busboy at the Olde North Pancake House in suburban Chicago, when he learned that his mother had died. She had endured a decadelong struggle with ...