Familial DNA played a role in identifying Ian Mitcham, the man who allegedly killed 31-year-old Allison Feldman at her ...

Would you choose to have a part of your body live on after you died? How might your choice affect your relatives—or even your ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution ...

The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Last week, a judge made a major ruling in the case against alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, allowing DNA evidence obtained on several of his alleged victims to ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s 1812 retreat.

The trial for a man accused of murdering a woman at her Scottsdale home 10 years ago is about to start, following weeks of is about to get underway for a ...

Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by ...

This came up in a front page discussion recently, and I promised I'd do a bit of a brain dump. The motivation: people often talk about whether we're regulating the risks posed by exposure to radiation ...