The ancient gum-chewing inhabitants of Sweden left behind Scandinavia's oldest known human DNA.
The live, lab-made microbe, which has a fully synthetic DNA code, is the first of its kind ever created.
A lock of hair thought to belong to Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci is set to undergo DNA testing.
Jo Cameron didn't realize that her insensitivity to pain was anything unusual until she was 60 years old.
Japanese scientists have achieved a 'significant step' towards the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth.
Scientists have synthesized a molecular system that hints at a possible alternative to DNA-based life.
Scientists in Edinburgh have developed a DNA risk score system to predict how long a person might live.
Known as The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), the international endeavour is expected to take ten years.
Scientists in Russia remain optimistic that the woolly mammoth can be resurrected within a decade.
In a recent breakthrough, researchers in the UK have managed to piece together a history of dinosaur DNA.
Researchers have identified a long-lost panda relative from DNA that was retrieved from an ancient jaw bone.
Scientists are aiming to learn exactly what types of creatures are living in Scotland's enigmatic loch.
The ambitious BioGenome Project aims to sequence and store the genomes of more than 1.5 million species.
A new study has revealed that plants protect themselves from Sun damage by repairing their own DNA.
The DNA of microbes found on the International Space Station has been sequenced in space for the first time.
NASA has revealed some of the results of its recent experiment involving twins Scott and Mark Kelly.
NASA has been exploring ways to protect astronauts from deadly radiation during future missions to Mars.
Scientists have revealed the results of a recent study in to the DNA of 151 ancient Egyptian mummies.
Scientists have found a way to identify extinct species of human by analyzing the sediment inside caves.
A new study is aiming to identify some of the sailors who died during the ill-fated Arctic expedition.