A gibbous moon hangs over a lonely mountain trail in the Italian Alps, above the village of Malles Venosta, whose lights dot the valley below. Benjamin Wiesmair stands next to a moth trap as tall as ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 34 years, the Austin Police Department announced Friday it linked a suspect to the murder of four girls who were found inside a burning business in 1991. The incident was later ...

The Hennepin County Forensics Science Lab is crucial in helping investigators solve crimes. "We do prioritize violent crimes first," said Hanna Sczepanski, a DNA Analyst. When evidence is collected at ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two days after four teenage girls were found murdered in a burning Austin yogurt shop in 1991, a man with a pistol in a stolen car was arrested at a border checkpoint west of El ...

Boeing’s troubled spacecraft has left two astronauts unable to return home. This documentary explores what went wrong and the dangerous options still on the table. Diane Keaton dies. The Oscar-winning ...

New DNA and ballistics testing have linked a serial killer to the 1991 "Yogurt Shop Murders," solving a case that has haunted Austin, Texas, for more than three decades. During a news conference on ...

AUSTIN — Austin police on Monday outlined how a new, rapidly unfolding DNA and ballistics evidence trail led them to declare a dead man as the likely perpetrator in the killing of four teenage girls ...

The search for the killer of four teenage girls in the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt” case spanned 34 years, but in the end, it was built on a series of rapid breakthroughs in the past four months.

Major biotech companies that churn out made-to-order DNA for scientists have protections in place to keep dangerous biological material out of the hands of would-be evil-doers. They screen their ...