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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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