Why do scientists use mice for experiments and how do they mirror human biology

Mice have remained the focal point for life sciences research for the past several decades. Their universality in biomedicine ...
The New York Times

How New DNA Science Could Help More Families of the Missing

Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded human remains. By Damien Cave Reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam The world is facing an abundance of tragic events that produce ...
Live Science

Earliest evidence of humans catching disease from animals dates to 6,500 years ago

Diseases started jumping from animals to humans at least 6,500 years ago, researchers found in a new study of ancient DNA. After analyzing ancient DNA from 1,313 prehistoric humans from Europe and ...
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Scientists stunned by 7,000-year-old mummies with impossible DNA

When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...