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 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 ...

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 ...

Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered a small but powerful section of DNA, called HAR123, that could help explain what ...

An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents from West Africa ...