What happens when you squeeze DNA? Can pressure reveal something about how our genetic material is packed, protected, and accessed?

A mitochondrial DNA study points to at least two waves of migration linking the Americas, China, and Japan- one during the last Ice Age, and another as the ice began to retreat.

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Researchers at the University of North Carolina have created microscopic soft robots shaped like flowers that can change shape and behavior in response to their surroundings, just like living organisms do.

Preliminary DNA evidence indicates that human remains found behind an abandoned middle school are those of missing Philadelphia woman Kada Scott, law enforcement sources said late Sunday.

The killing was recorded on a Fort Worth Police Department camera that was pointing at the Valero station during the shooting. Two suspects can be seen approaching the gas station from the south. The first assailant wore a black hooded sweatshirt, and the second wore a gray hooded sweatshirt.

State Rep. Josh Williams (R-Toledo) introduced the Right to Know Act, which would require hospitals to inform parents of the option for DNA testing immediately after birth. The testing would help confirm both maternity and paternity and would be offered, not mandated.

The pet owner said they was "so surprised" to see that their beloved canine is a mix of at least two other breeds.

The attorney for the Amber Spradlin family announced that the Spradlin murder trial will be delayed after KSP crime lab tests found presumptive blood evidence on several items.

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human genome—comprising about 17% of the genome. It is commonly called a "jumping gene" or "retrotransposon" because it can "retrotranspose" (move) from one genomic location to another.