As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a ...

The DNA uncovered a complex ancient community with a startling family secret. In a mountain cave in southern Italy, Bronze ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...

It took more than a century for researchers to prove that Neanderthals were actually quite intelligent and that they ...

Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery ...

Claims that the Nazca mummies represent a new alien species originate from a self-published paper by a retired paleontologist ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - With the help of Othram ’s advanced DNA testing, remains that were found in Reno in 2023 have been ...

Researchers have pushed back on NASA's claims that 3I/ATLAS is an ordinary comet, just hours before it makes its closest approach to Earth.

An excavation in Italy has unearthed the oldest and first known evidence of father-daughter incest in the archaeological record, a new genetic study reveals. The team found genetic clues of this ...