France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. A change to GEDmatch, a third-party genealogy site that's helped crack cold cases through user's DNA, may hinder law enforcement's ability to ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on ...

The cold case unit of the attorney general's office offered details on how they solved the murders of Debra Stone and Cynthia ...

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 ...

More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar industry's origins trace back to the Mormon church. Michael Usry's dad donated DNA ...

Vast swathes of the human genome remain a mystery to science. A new AI from Google DeepMind is helping researchers understand how these stretches of DNA impact the activity of other genes. While the ...

Dog owners in Northern Ireland have paid more than £50,000 in fines over the last five years for not cleaning up their pet's mess. Figures obtained by BBC News NI show Northern Ireland's eleven ...