DNA

Researchers have examined the genomes of 240 mammal species. The project reveals when mammals evolved, how some developed the ability to hibernate, and clues that may help explain humans' brains.

A young girl wrote to a Rhode Island police department asking them to run a DNA test on a cookie and carrots left for Santa Claus and his reindeer.

The year 2022 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Mendel. He's known as the father of genetics, so scientists exhumed Mendel's body and examined his DNA.

From Texas Standard: A global controversy erupted after a Chinese scientist claimed to have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to manipulate genes in the...

A man who was executed in Texas 20 years ago for killing a woman in Tyler is now on the hook for another murder from forty years ago. He almost got away…

From Texas Standard: Life on earth requires certain elements. Humans need oxygen, for example, among many other things. But as we increasingly explore...

Stockings all over the country were stuffed with home DNA testing kits that people will be sending in this month, adding to an already huge genetic…

This month, the Department of Public Safety sent out a letter informing local law enforcement agencies it would begin charging them a fee for use of the…

From Texas Standard: Texas leads the nation when it comes to exonerating wrongfully convicted people, and the state may be adding to those numbers throu...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The body of a woman found in a drainage ditch 35 years ago has been identified as that of an 18-year-old Texas hitchhiker who was…