Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested and is likely to be charged with several charges, including aggravated murder, in connection ...

Last week, a judge made a major ruling in the case against alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, allowing DNA ...

Hospitals may soon have a faster option, thanks to a groundbreaking system built in part by Sneha Goenka, an assistant ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Prosecutors can use critical DNA evidence against suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann that hasn't been used in ...

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, giant DNA elements that had previously escaped detection.

“While the rest of the genome shuffles between the maternal and paternal origins, centromeres are inherited intact: one from ...

Scientists in Tokyo have uncovered “Inocles,” massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA hidden inside bacteria in human mouths.

In 1862, Victor Hugo reportedly wrote to his publisher to ask how his newly published novel Les Misérables was selling, with a single character query: “?” The response: “!” This story of one of the ...

Imagine curing every disease — not in the next century, but in the next seven years. Cancer, neuromuscular diseases, maybe ...

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that evidence was tested may now determine whether prosecutors can use it against their ...