In 2018, a rape kit that had gone untested for a decade linked Dane Mullen to the brutal assault of a college student on the banks of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota. Though delayed, justice was ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For many years, scientists have been extracting DNA from the bones of ancient humans, humanoids and animals to paint a picture of evolution and species movement. Despite what’s ...

Researchers from Columbia University have devised a technique to procure pure DNA from the dung of animals, which eliminates the need to capture, sedate and draw blood from wild, endangered or ...

Toward the end of the Ice Age, a man and child were laid to rest under a rock ledge on the Brazos River. They were placed in the fetal position and lavished with goods for a happy afterlife: red ochre ...