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

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

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

A man's world was turned upside when he discovered that he wasn't the biological father to his sons. Jay Skibbens, from Illinois, already had a sinking feeling when he mailed off two DNA kits. His ...

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

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

"We got them together for a park playdate yesterday and it was one of my favorite afternoons ever," the owner wrote. "They ...

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 ...

Scientists from a university are filtering Mexico City's waters for traces of the DNA of an endangered salamander, the ...

The motion follows filings in June that claimed a roommate may have been present when UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth ...