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Dell Curry's No. 30 jersey was retired by the Charlotte Hornets in a heartfelt ceremony, celebrating his contributions to the ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there. By Carl Zimmer One of ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a bakery owner, she turned to an increasingly popular forensic tool credited ...

A dog owner has gone viral after sharing their surprise at the results of a DNA test for their scruffy-looking pup, Cappy—after the report suggested the dog was majority American Pit Bull Terrier. The ...

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Although DNA evidence collected in the Nancy Guthrie investigation has yet to yield matches, law enforcement is still bracing for results that could expose cracks in the southern Arizona case ...

How does our DNA store the massive amount of information needed to build a human being? And what happens when it's stored incorrectly? Jesse Dixon, MD, Ph.D., has spent years studying the way this ...

A private Florida DNA lab is analyzing evidence in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. The decision to use a private lab instead of the FBI has drawn scrutiny ...