DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build molecular-scale devices. By borrowing ideas from traditional robotics and combining them ...

Sean Astin's parents were married for nearly two weeks before their 1970 annulment. Who raised the actor, and what has he ...

In the Middle Ages, a man was buried in a Stone Age monument in what is now Spain. Now, we finally know his genetic roots, but his religious beliefs are still a mystery. When you purchase through ...

Mr. Bundy had confessed to killing Laura Ann Aime before he was executed in 1989. Investigators said DNA testing provided conclusive proof. By Michael Levenson Before he was executed in Florida in ...

The federal government's sweeping power to force people under arrest to give a DNA sample is facing new scrutiny after multiple immigration enforcement protesters reported being swabbed after being ...

Over his 34 years in prison, Shawn Tanner always maintained he was not guilty of murder, insisting on his innocence right up until his death in 2022. Now a years-long legal battle will grant his final ...

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Prosecutors in Zimbabwe used lion DNA forensics for the first time to successfully convict two people for poaching and trafficking a male lion near Hwange National Park. Investigators analyzed DNA ...

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A pregnant woman killed in 1980 was positively identified last month using DNA technology, Southern California authorities said in a news release. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — DNA leads appear to be cooling in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance investigation. The DNA samples recovered from inside Nancy Guthrie’s home mainly came back to people who had a reason ...

More than four decades after a teenager was murdered in California, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s ...