Penny Gunn, above, was identified by Texas DNA lab Othram nearly 27 years after her death in Collin County’s Lake Ray Hubbard. Police are still investigating the cold case homicide. Othram Inc. A ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recovered. By sequencing nearly ...

Renee Anderson is a digital producer at CBS New York, where she covers breaking news and other local stories. Before joining the team in 2016, Renee worked at WMUR-TV. A judge in the Gilgo Beach ...

Long Island prosecutors have the green light to use crucial DNA evidence in their case against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, a judge ruled Wednesday. The bombshell ruling by Judge ...

Rex Heuermann is accused of killing seven people over a span of decades. A New York judge on Wednesday admitted DNA evidence that Suffolk County prosecutors say links alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer ...

A host of DNA evidence can be used in the trial of a man accused in a string of Long Island killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, a New York judge ruled Wednesday. Ruling in a Riverhead ...

A New York judge will allow prosecutors to present crucial DNA evidence in the upcoming murder trial of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, marking the first time a cutting-edge ...

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 ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on animals, ...

After recent DNA testing raised questions, a Montgomery man who Alabama has kept on a death row for 31 years will get another shot at justice. A federal judge has ordered a new trial in the 1992 ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new technology for measuring how radiation damages DNA molecules. This novel technique, which passes DNA ...