Third Friday is here and it’s brewing up weird science. There is so much spooktacular fun here! There’s some slime making, ...

For the first time, a group of researchers have successfully extracted ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick. The analysis provides a fascinating insight into the diversity of plant species ...

This fruit fly, or Drosophila melanogaster, was collected in Europe around 1933 and added to the entomological collection at Lund University. UW–Madison researchers are using its DNA — with more from ...

Swedish Researchers Extract Ancient Scandinavians' DNA From a 10,000-Year-Old 'Chewing Gum' Advanced technology has finally allowed experts to analyze DNA from a chewed-up birch bark in Sweden, ...