The DNA revolution has extended proof of the "traditional" family back to about 4,600 years ago.
AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.19.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a f...
AP | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home
MADERA, Calif. — Authorities said Monday they have positively identified some of Steve Fossett's remains: two large bones found a half-mile from...
John Terzano | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media
The alarming number of false identifications uncovered by this report confirms what researchers have been repeating for years - eyewitness evidence is highly prone to error.
John Terzano | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home
Police crime labs in both Detroit and Baltimore have recently come under fire for shocking errors discovered in the testing, analysis, and use of forensic evidence.
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 09.22.2008 | Green
Studies suggest that what we eat, how we live, and what our environment exposes us to today could have an impact on the health of our distant descendants.
Anthony Papa | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics
Sarandon: "It is deeply troubling that Georgia might proceed with this execution given the strong claims of innocence in this case."
NY Times | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder, said Thursday that he has a gene mutation that increases his likelihood of contracting Park...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.17.2008 | Green
With a large database of doggy DNA on file, the city will be able to track and trace offenders who are not picking up their doggie doo. It's a huge problem over here in Israel.
Rob Warden | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago
The union that represents Chicago police is advising its members involved in crime scene investigations to refuse to provide samples of their DNA for forensic analysis.
NYT | John Schwartz | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home
Many New York sushi restaurants and seafood markets are playing a game of bait and switch, say two high school students turned high-tech sleuths. In ...
Dan Brown | Posted 08.19.2008 | Media
Renowned professor and author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has a new project that could be a true gift for raising engagement in African American students. ...
John Terzano | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
Our criminal justice system continues to place significant obstacles in the way of post-conviction DNA testing that could determine whether the wrong people have been punished for crimes they didn't commit.
Adam Hanft | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living
California is trying to stop companies from marketing genetic testing to state residents. But accurate genetic understanding could have enormously beneficial implications for individuals.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living
Are you an insomniac? If so, then which kind? The one who flat-out can't ever get to sleep? Or are you the type who falls asleep okay but then has a r...
Live Science | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living
Strands of 1,000-year-old DNA from 10 Viking skeletons have been retrieved, a team of scientists claims. If true, the achievement would be notable, ...
John Terzano | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
On The Justice NewsLadder, you'll find information about the problems of unreliable witness identification, false confessions, junk forensic science and more.
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency _ a move intended to ...
Paige Donner | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living
The month of April is a celebration of Earth. What is more synonymous with Earth than Mother? And yet, just as we are recognizing the serious conseq...
Adam Hanft | Posted 04.10.2008 | Living
Soho has long been a place where you can discover the latest jeans. Now it's also a place where you can discover the latest in genes. This week, Na...
Kirk Noble Bloodsworth | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
As the federal post-conviction DNA testing program program bears my name, I feel it is my obligation to ensure that it is funded and implemented as it was meant to be.
thebostonchannel.com | Posted 12.11.2007 | Living
If body odor is a key to romantic attraction, a Florida company claims to have the first scientific way of finding true love. A new dating service th...
Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living
James Watson isn't the first gene devotee who subscribes to the crude notion that biology is destiny. Such a belief runs contrary to even the most basic kind of wisdom.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.15.2007 | Living
To claim that genes are the controllers of everything, which amounts to meta-materialism, is willy-nilly, crude reasoning.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living