Advances in our understanding of DNA have brought about many changes. One of them is just how easy it is now to obtain a DNA ...

The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve ...

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A new portable DNA test can identify dozens of shark and ray species in only two hours, giving frontline officers a powerful ...

The answers were always there, waiting as the years and decades ticked by: Who killed five people kidnapped from a Kentucky ...

I am 67 and was adopted as a child. Last year I found my birth father after using a DNA test kit from Ancestry.co.uk, which ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The tests have not been approved by federal regulators, but that hasn’t stopped patients from wanting them — and doctors from worrying.

The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study ...

The Brian Walshe murder trial continues today with a Massachusetts State Police forensic scientist expected back on the stand ...

Prosecutors at Brian Walshe’s murder trial continued Tuesday to present evidence they say proves he killed his wife around New Year’s Day 2023 at their Massachusetts home.