In 2023, scientists made a surprising find regarding pangolins. Scientists have long believed that pangolins have eight branches in their family tree. But an unlikely discovery made from studying ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable challenges. To exploit such "big data," attempts have focused on large sampling ...

It's long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting from different migration routes. But new genetic ...

In the largest ever study of its kind, an analysis of entire tumor genomes has provided the most complete picture yet of an aggressive type of brain cancer. Diffuse gliomas are aggressive brain tumors ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests ...

The rise of gene editing forces regulators to confront a difficult question: How to protect fair play in the age of genomic medicine.

The boy’s mother agreed to take a plea deal, pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for prosecutors dropping a murder charge.

Hundreds of naturally mummified bodies buried in wooden boat-shaped coffins have been emerging from China's Tarim Basin since the 1990s. Their tall stature and cattle‑centric culture convinced ...

Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, they’re called to mind ...