Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

DNA captured on air filters and stored since the 1960s acts as an ecological time capsule, according to a recent publication ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

Genetic research is rapidly overturning the idea that each psychiatric diagnosis is a separate island. Large DNA studies now ...

Where these sea raiders might have come from, and why they attacked the island of Als has long been a mystery.” ...

Learn how scientists found that moss is hiding years of valuable animal and plant DNA, even some from rare species.

Researchers examined rope cords and caulking material to determine the age of the fabled Hjortspring plank boat to narrow ...

Six months after a motorcycle chase ended with a suspect escaping on foot, Sparta police have arrested a 39-year-old man ...

The jury ultimately reached a verdict Monday, deciding Brian Walshe was guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his ...

A fingerprint has been found in the tars used to build the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, which provides a ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Imagine opening a birthday gift DNA kit and discovering you're entitled to ...