It's a mystery that seemingly started in 1978, but one that goes back more than 150 years. Kane County officials announced Thursday that a skull discovered during the remodeling of a Batavia home ...

DNA has been used for years to store data, but encoding information into the molecule is painstaking work. Now, researchers ...

DNA can hold a staggering amount of information. Not only is it the blueprint for all life on Earth, but a single gram of DNA ...

A woman has been left scratching her head after taking two DNA tests to confirm whether or not she's related to her best friend. She explained she and her friend, J, ordered a DNA test from ...

Testing your DNA is easier than ever with an abundance of at-home DNA tests on the market. All you need to do is provide a simple DNA sample to learn more about your heritage and family history.

Suspected 1970s serial killer Bruce Lindahl has been identified as the culprit in a 1979 cold case murder through DNA evidence, Illinois authorities announced Wednesday. In a surprising turn of ...

Researchers used DNA testing on 14 casts of victims found in the ruins of the Roman city destroyed in 79 AD. Using DNA taken from fragmented skeletal remains, they concluded an adult holding a ...

But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as they seem — and these prevailing interpretations come from looking at the ancient world through modern eyes. "We were able to disprove or ...

Biotech company 23andMe was once hailed as one of the most successful businesses selling DNA analysis services to anybody who could afford one of its saliva test kits. But 18 years after it was ...

Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. Ph.D. student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals. "Knowing an ...

An international team of molecular biologists, computer scientists and physicists has found a way to encode useable digital data onto DNA strands 350 times faster than current approaches.

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