A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with international institutions, has ...

A new genetic investigative tool could help police catch the person who raped and killed 6-year-old Alicia O’Reilly 45 years ago.

But a novel technique is allowing us to peer back further than DNA's expiration date in Africa, to answer long-standing ...

Swansea University has helped uncover a surprising new role for platelets—one that could significantly advance early cancer ...

Mars still holds the promise of being one of the first places in the solar system humanity will colonize. However, if there ...

In December 1991, four teen girls were found murdered inside a Texas yogurt shop. Here’s everything to know about the Yogurt ...

A group of Boy Scouts made a horrifying discovery in 2002, when they opened a bag found on a Wisconsin hiking trail and saw a human skull inside, investigators say. Twenty-three years later, DNA ...

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