Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there. By Carl Zimmer One of ...

The murder of a 12-year-old girl in New York State has been solved after 61 years following a DNA breakthrough. Mary Theresa Simpson from Elmira was reported missing on March 15, 1964. She had last ...

Advanced DNA technology has led to the arrest of a 77-year-old man over alleged sexual assaults in Dubbo, Wollongong and Sydney dating back to the 1990s, police have said. Forensic investigative ...

Arizona authorities say they are investigating ransom notes and have confirmed DNA evidence connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, further ...

Did you know one of the largest collections of marine DNA in the entire world is hiding just outside D.C.? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re taking an even deeper dive into the ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Here’s how extinct DNA could help us in the present—and the future. Yeah, we know—it’s not a dire wolf. In early 2025, the Texas biotech company Colossal Biosciences landed with a splash on the cover ...

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

Chicago Bulls color blocking gives the Air Jordan 12 “Bloodline” a clean, aggressive edge ahead of its rumored 2026 return. Updated release chatter suggests the AJ12 “Bloodline” timeline may be moving ...

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival technologies, such as stone tools. They may also have given us the secret to a ...

Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.