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DNA analysis of Pompeii victims rewrites the history of the 2,000-year-old tragic volcanic eruption
New DNA analysis of Pompeii victims reveals that many assumed family relationships based on proximi…
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Scientists fully sequenced DNA of a man who died at Pompeii and found he may have had a disease that hindered his escape
Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, burying Pompeii in volcanic ash. Researchers are now…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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African skulls pillaged during German colonial rule have been matched to living relatives after DNA tests
A German museum says it is ready to return the human skulls from East Africa, which were removed un…
Marianne Guenot
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During his White House speech, Matthew McConaughey displayed the shoes of a girl killed in the Texas school shooting green high-tops that were used to identify her body
"Maite wore green high-top Converse with a heart she had hand-drawn on the right toe because they r…
Cheryl Teh
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The eerie remains of a master and slave frozen in time unearthed in the Roman city of Pompeii
The two bodies, thought to be of a wealthy man and a manual laborer, were killed in the huge volcan…
Rachel Hosie
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Covid infection may accelerate brain ageing says new study
Covid-19 infections may predispose individuals to developing irreversible neurological conditions, …
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The source of the Black Death plague is finally pinpointed by scientists, new study says
The Black Death first originated in Kyrgyzstan, in central Asia, in the late 1330s, spreading rapid…
Joshua Zitser
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The suspected Golden State Killer was finally caught because his relative's DNA was available on a genealogy website
Genetic testing companies 23andMe and Ancestry both say they won't share genetic information with l…
Hilary Brueck
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Elizabeth Warren says a DNA test proves she has a Native American ancestor, but it's not that simple. Here's what the results really show.
The tests are also raising concerns about privacy. A study released last week estimates that 60% of…
Hilary Brueck
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A new study reveals how the last woolly mammoths died out 4,000 years ago. That's after the Egyptians had built the pyramids.
A previous study found that the mammoth inhabitants on the other similarly isolated island of St. P…
Aylin Woodward
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The NASA astronaut whose DNA changed after a year in space talks about his underachieving childhood, his identical twin and fellow astronaut brother, and how leaving Earth changes people for the better
And one of the things they learned is that a lot of people think that to be a scientist or to work …
Richard Feloni
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Mastercard's AI system is helping banks keep fraudsters in check — and it could save millions of dollars
Mastercard has taken an AI-driven approach to detecting payment fraud and collaborating with banks …
Chris Stokel-Walker
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How to make money from medical research and donations
You can make good money from donating plasma or sperm on a regular basis. Other donations and scien…
Hilary Brueck
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Lovesick: Viruses have been caught leaving 'love bites' on each other for the first time ever!
Some viruses need a "helper" virus to accomplish their goals, helping the "satellite" virus create …
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Researchers reconstruct the face of a teenage mummy believed to have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual more than 500 years ago
Since her discovery in 1995 atop the Ampato volcano, she has been granted nicknames, including The …
Erin Snodgrass
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Police searching the home of Bryan Kohberger's parents seized multiple knives, a gun, and note he wrote to his dad
Bryan Kohberger is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in their off-campus house i…
Rebecca Cohen,Haven Orecchio-…
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Idaho murders: Mysteries linger in Moscow weeks after Bryan Kohberger's arrest
Moscow residents and the University of Idaho community are reeling as many questions remain even af…
Nate Schweber,Ashley Collman,…
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5,000-year-old bacteria is the oldest strain of plague ever seen. Scientists found it in the ancient bones of a Stone Age man.
The oldest version of the plague that we know of infected a Stone Age hunter-gatherer millennia bef…
Aylin Woodward
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A pit full of 6,200-year-old skeletons is now the oldest known example of 'indiscriminate, mass killing'
A study suggests that an ancient Croatian pit was the site of the world's oldest documented mass ki…
Aylin Woodward
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For weeks, Kansas City police denied rumors of a serial killer targeting Black women. But after one kidnapped woman reappeared, the story became complicated.
Activists say this case shines a light on a nationwide issue of police not taking reports of missin…