Mathematical modelling shows that elevated mutation rates and mutational biases, rather than altered selection, can explain ...

Peller hits back at critics demanding a DNA test for his unborn child with Jarvis, recalls doubts over their marriage and speaks against pregnancy termination.

A new study of 450 colorectal cancer patients has delivered some of the clearest evidence yet that mutations in two DNA proofreading genes, POLE and POLD1, can identify which patients are most likely ...

Scopri perché i batteri mutano così velocemente e l’impatto delle loro mutazioni sulla salute umana. Questo articolo esplora ...

Science is full of sinister-sounding names. First there was dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the Universe. Then there was dark energy, the mysterious force making the ...

I sent my cats’ saliva to the lab to get health and genetic insights sent to my inbox—with very different results. An at-home cat or dog DNA test kit promises to give pet owners clarity on a heap of ...

A Relic at the Centre of Debate. The Shroud of Turin, a 14-foot linen cloth bearing the image of a man, remains one of Christianity’s most debated relics. Many believers regard it as the burial cloth ...

Utah prosecutors are dropping their plan to seek the death penalty in an upcoming retrial of a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing in which newly analyzed DNA evidence ...

Computing is a power-hungry resource in today’s world. By 2050, as much as 20% of the electricity consumed by the US commercial sector will be used to crunch numbers. Data centers alone will double ...

America’s longest-running paternity dispute has seemingly come to an end: Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings, his enslaved chambermaid, and the Smithsonian has the DNA to prove it.

Cutting-edge DNA tests on Thomas Jefferson’s hair have provided “extraordinary proof” he sired children with slave Sally Hemings — and the process bizarrely also helped nail serial killers such as Rex ...

A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings. By Jennifer Schuessler For more than 200 years, the ...