An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

As the Nancy Guthrie abduction case stretches into a third week, investigators — and a public riveted by every mysterious ...

A research team led by UAB researcher David Reverter has discovered the molecular mechanism that describes in detail the ...

BioVenic is dedicated to advancing the advancement of veterinary molecular diagnostics through its comprehensive ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

How the two primary people of the gold discovery in California failed to cash in. On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. James Marshall, the first to find it, never made a ...

Known almost entirely from genetic evidence, Denisovans were a distinct human species that lived across Asia. Fossils, DNA, and artifacts reveal their migrations, interactions with Neanderthals and ...

In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...

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A condo complex in northern New Jersey has turned to science to help track down residents who allow their dogs to defecate and not cleaning up after their pets. To keep their community droppings-free, ...