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Tag: DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

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Peter Sullivan’s Murder Conviction Is Quashed After 38 Years in Jail

May 13, 2025May 14, 2025STEPHEN CASTLEComments Off on Peter Sullivan’s Murder Conviction Is Quashed After 38 Years in Jail

Peter Sullivan was found guilty of a brutal killing in 1987. But an appeals court overturned his conviction on Tuesday and ordered his immediate release.

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Peter Sullivan’s Murder Conviction Is Quashed After 38 Years in Jail

May 13, 2025STEPHEN CASTLEComments Off on Peter Sullivan’s Murder Conviction Is Quashed After 38 Years in Jail

Peter Sullivan was found guilty of a brutal killing in 1987. But an appeals court overturned his conviction on Tuesday and ordered his immediate release.

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Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins.

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Olympic Track Officials to Require Sex Tests for Female Athletes

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025TARIQ PANJAComments Off on Olympic Track Officials to Require Sex Tests for Female Athletes

The change affects women with atypical genetics who have been able to compete if they suppressed their testosterone levels.

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Hamas Didn’t Return the Body of Shiri Bibas. What Now?

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025Aaron BoxermanComments Off on Hamas Didn’t Return the Body of Shiri Bibas. What Now?

The Palestinian armed group initially said it had handed over the body of Shiri Bibas along with her two young children and another man. Israel said forensic testing found the remains were not hers.

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COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation

November 2, 2024November 2, 2024Catrin EinhornComments Off on COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation

Delegates at the U.N. talks created a system that would compensate countries for the use of genetic information but failed to make headway on a broader funding commitment.

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Police Arrest Man in 1993 Murder of 19-Year-Old Carmen Van Huss

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024Claire MosesComments Off on Police Arrest Man in 1993 Murder of 19-Year-Old Carmen Van Huss

For more than 30 years, the case had remained unsolved. While questions remain, the police said they had linked a 52-year-old Missouri man to DNA at the crime scene.

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An English Shepherd Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.

August 16, 2024Amelia NierenbergComments Off on An English Shepherd Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.

Shola, who assisted with search-and-rescue operations in the U.K., has moved to her second act: saving other English Shepherds from blindness.

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A Mammoth DNA Discovery Helps Map an Ancient Genome in 3-D

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024Siobhan RobertsComments Off on A Mammoth DNA Discovery Helps Map an Ancient Genome in 3-D

A “fossil chromosome” preserves the structure of a woolly mammoth’s genome — and offers a better grasp of how it once worked.

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The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

June 27, 2024CARL ZIMMERComments Off on The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.

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