A groundbreaking discovery from ancient DNA has solved a longstanding puzzle regarding two prehistoric individuals, revealing ...

All life on Earth shares a common ancestor that lived roughly four billion years ago. This so-called "last universal common ...

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

During Wednesday's murder trial of Philip Atterson, prosecutors presented photographic and scientific evidence of the murder of Sarah Henderson, including photos of the murder weapon and autopsy ...

Scientists analyzing ancient DNA from a 12,000-year-old double burial in southern Italy uncovered genetic evidence of a rare inherited growth disorder in two closely related prehistoric individuals. A ...

FREEHOLD -- The DNA of 8-year-old Sophia Caneiro was found in five locations on a pair of bloody jeans recovered from her ...

An expert hired by Bryan Kohberger’s defense team argued that the autopsy reports suggest there were two people who killed the Idaho college students ...

In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.

Fourteen serious crime convicts put their names to a joint letter sent to the island’s top prosecutor asking “urgently” for ...

Delaware is one of the few states without a formal law mandating the preservation of evidence like blood, semen or hair. Senate Bill 214 would require evidence to be kept as long as a crime is ...

The lawyers representing alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann received a stern warning from the New York judge presiding over the case. Judge Tim Mazzei expressed his frustration with ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington police have solved a 27-year-old homicide case, identifying the suspect in the November 1998 murder of Linda Marie Rutledge through ballistic and DNA evidence that ...