Genetics reunited the families of Argentina’s disappeared. President Javier Milei’s government is imperiling that.

Akihiko Yamamoto recently connected with his American sister, Sharon Lovell, whom he never knew existed. For most of his life ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Scientists have decoded the DNA of an ancient Egyptian man. His remains, found in a clay pot, suggest cultural links between ancient Egypt and the Fertile Crescent.

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

A British man found dead in Arizona more than a decade ago has finally been identified, thanks to a pioneering DNA technology ...

A cold case serial rapist has been arrested after his DNA was used to track him down following years of investigations, the ...

Police began investigating the death, and determined the remains were an adult male that likely died by homicide.

Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to ...

A bankruptcy judge approved the sale of 23andMe's assets and business operations to a nonprofit led by 23andMe’s co-founder ...

The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge ...