In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...

Their makers claim they can detect dozens of cancer types — but some scientists say they could be missing many cancers or ...

Prosecutors say the DNA of a man suspected of killing a woman and fleeing to Mexico was found under the victim’s fingernails.

After nearly four decades, DNA evidence led to a conviction in the cold case murder of Ofelia Sandoval, 30, in Santa Barbara ...

Investigators used genetic genealogy to identify remains found in 1986, known as Cranium Doe, as Warren Kuchinsky, giving his ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on ...

Under Nevada law, a killing that happens during the commission or attempted commission of a sexual assault qualifies as ...

Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after ...

a decade after a woman escaped a brutal abduction and sexual battery in Tamarac, deputies arrested one attacker, cracking the ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to any other ancient or modern population in South America. It is thought ...

Most people with non-African ancestry carry roughly 1–4% Neanderthal ancestry spread across their genomes, a legacy of contact after modern humans expanded into Eurasia. But the X chromosome, one of ...