Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns ...

The Human Genome Project was a massive undertaking that took more than a decade and billions of dollars to complete. For it, scientists collected DNA samples from anonymous volunteers who were told ...

He's known as the Luce County John Doe. His skeletal remains were found 36 years ago in a remote wooded area in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with no identification, no definitive cause of death and no ...

By analyzing subtle chemical changes in DNA, researchers can now estimate a person’s age and traits even from tiny or damaged ...