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Akihiko Yamamoto recently connected with his American sister, Sharon Lovell, whom he never knew existed. For most of his life ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Former Army member and trained survivalist Travis Decker remains at large one month after allegedly murdering his three young ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

One month ago, three young sisters were found dead near a Washington state campground. Blood found on the scene links the ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Gujarati-origin Sonny Bharadia was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2003 in a case of burglary and ...

Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...