X-rays confirm skull of extinct thylacine in UK collector’s rare auction find
Testing of the mounted head of a thylacine discovered by accident in an auction house catalogue has confirmed…
Bodies of climbers who vanished 34 years ago found on melting glacier in Swiss Alps
The bodies of two Belgian climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps 34 years ago have been found,…
New $60 Blood Test Detects Lung Cancer Without Costly DNA Sequencing
Illustration of the new blood test, which uses a DNA chip to detect the tumor’s biological fingerprint. Credit:…
Revolutionary War soldier identified after 246 years
Revolutionary War soldier identified after 246 years thanks to forensic scientists and genealogists The remains of Private John…
Eight decades after Pearl Harbor, technology brings a Coastal Bend sailor home
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — When the United States marks 250 years of independence, it will celebrate innovation that…
Source: Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes determined as fakes by FBI
All three kidnapping-related messages that have surfaced in news media reports about the disappearance of “Today” show co-host…
Former CBI scientist Missy Woods pleads guilty in DNA testing scandal
Disgraced former Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods pleaded guilty to four felonies Tuesday, closing a…
Maryland teen soldier who died in Revolutionary War identified
A Revolutionary War soldier who died at the Battle of Camden in 1780 has been identified, solving one…
Scientists Uncover Surprising Secrets of a Mysterious Man Buried in Finland 400 Years Ago
A centuries-old burial near Lake Kitka belonged to a man genetically linked to Sámi populations who likely spent…
Researchers uncover nuclear organization mechanism linked to Friedreich’s ataxia
Researchers have uncovered a fundamental rule that governs how genes are physically arranged inside the cell nucleus, and…
Remains found in car submerged in Oregon river identified as family who mysteriously vanished in 1958
DNA analysis has identified the remains found in a car in the Columbia River as those of an…
Local scientists are using DNA to track evolution’s race against climate change
Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing some of the planet’s most vital…