The boomerang, found in a cave in southern Poland, may be the oldest in the world, dating back 40,000 years, according to researchers.

Scientists involved in the Synthetic Human Genome Project are now attempting to create a fully synthetic human chromosome, making up about two per cent of human DNA, as proof of concept.

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman.

The Supreme Court granted Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez the right to sue over DNA testing laws as he argues he shouldn't be given the death penalty for the 1998 murder he was convicted of.

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he’s not a murderer.

Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model that predicts what effects small changes in DNA will have on an array of ...

Ancient DNA Reveals Mysterious New Group of Humans in Colombia With No Genetic Ties to People Today The previously undocumented lineage of hunter-gatherers seems to have disappeared around 2,000 ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.