The discovery of a 10-year-old's body at an ancient Roman site in Italy suggests measures were taken to prevent the child, possibly infected with malaria, from rising from the dead and spreading disease to the living.
Archaeology
Oct 12, 2018
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Canadian authorities said Monday they have been quietly collecting DNA of migrants and matching it to distant relatives using genealogical websites in order to establish their nationality.
Other
Jul 30, 2018
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4
Genetic analysis of 9,200 shark fin by-products in Hong Kong reveals that several threatened shark species are still common in the fin trade after being listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ...
Ecology
Jul 24, 2018
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Is it a blue whale or not? The slaughter in Iceland of what is claimed was a member of the endangered species has triggered outrage and left experts puzzled about its true identity.
Ecology
Jul 15, 2018
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It turns out that to tell the sex of a Galápagos penguin, all you need is a ruler.
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2018
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3
The mystery of the sexual assault and murder of a US teenager in Washington state has been resolved 32 years after the crime thanks to a discarded napkin, DNA tests and genetic genealogy.
Other
Jun 24, 2018
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The stories seem as tall as the lake is deep. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland's Loch Ness have described seeing a monster that some believe lurks in the depths.
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2018
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Work at ancient thermal baths in Pompeii's ruins has revealed the skeleton of a crouching child who perished in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in A.D. 79.
Archaeology
Apr 25, 2018
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Scientists at Christiana Care Health System's Gene Editing Institute have developed a potentially breakthrough CRISPR gene-editing tool. It could allow researchers to take fragments of DNA extracted from human cells, put ...
Biotechnology
Apr 19, 2018
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As big as they are, Florida manatees aren't always so easy to find.
Ecology
Mar 20, 2018
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