An unidentified DNA sample found on one of Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s boots has returned to the heart of the case almost 30 ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

A man claims to have found the first scientifically verified Bigfoot specimen, he claims after DNA testing the body has 58.5% ...

DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward ...

Researchers have demonstrated a nondestructive way to collect cellular material from historical parchment manuscripts, allowing them to conduct genetic analyses that offer new insights into everything ...

Cave art from Lascaux Cave, in the Dordogne region of France. It contains over 600 stunning parietal wall paintings and 1,500 engravings created by Upper Paleolithic humans roughly 17,000 years ago.

The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu strengthens the idea that life’s molecular ingredients formed in space before ...

Hunter-gatherer communities, especially young children, were hit hard by an early strain of plague 5,500 years ago.

The search for alien life has mostly focused on water, oxygen, and distant Earth-like planets. Now another clue has entered the picture. Researchers say living systems may leave behind a hidden ...

Gardaí investigating the murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork almost 30 years ago are turning to foreign police forces to try to identify DNA found on one of her boots ...

Apparently, the government isn’t disclosing everything it knows about UFOs. A whistleblower has accused the CIA of attempting ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...