Dna

Explained: How did an isolated Japanese gibbon get pregnant in a zoo cage?

The pregnancy of a gibbon who was alone in a zoo cage puzzled many. It has now been revealed that the female managed to mate with a male via a tiny hole in a steel plate that separated their enclosures. The diameter of the hole was approximately 0.3 inches

'Hands off Tibetan DNA': Students protest against US company for collecting 'pin-prick' blood samples in Tibet

Protesters alleged that the company’s products may have contributed to the Chinese government’s abuse of Tibetan people

Are you a picky eater? Blame your DNA

Taste is a dealbreaker when it comes to deciding what to eat, diet plan or not. Yet our understanding of what makes food taste good is limited. A new study has explored how genes and biological processes influence which foods we find irresistible

Oldest ever DNA found in Greenland sheds light on old ecosystem

Scientists say that the 2-million-year-old fragments are derived from environments that have no parallels with the modern world. New technology enabled the scientists to determine that the 41 fragments were more than a million years old, the oldest to be extracted ever

Shraddha murder case: Delhi police find part of skull, bones in forest, sent for DNA match

In the grisly murder of 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aftab Ameen Poonawala, Delhi police on Sunday recovered more human remains from the Mehrauli forest

A Medical Marvel? A new blood test that can detect all cancers at the same time

Multi-cancer early detection test, or MCED, is a single blood test that could screen for most common cancer types all at once. These tests may soon revolutionise the way clinicians approach cancer screening

The Famous Five: The scientists who have won two Nobel prizes

American Barry Sharpless is only the fifth person ever to win a second Nobel Prize, two decades after being awarded his first. He won the illustrious award in 2001 for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions

Explained: The origins of Black Death, the deadliest pandemic recorded in history

Researchers say they have pinpointed the source of the plague to a region of Kyrgyzstan after analysing DNA from remains at an ancient burial site

Mundka tragedy: Bio samples of 26 people collected for DNA profiling, says Delhi Police

A CCTV camera and router manufacturing and assembling company, in whose office the fire is suspected to have started, had been on the premises since 2017. Its owners: Harish and Vijay Goel, who are brothers, have already been arrested

DNA confirms man is Sitting Bull's great-grandson; first genetic evidence between historic figure and a living person found

The breakthrough was made possible by a new technique that can yield useful genetic information from a tiny or fragmented sample of ancient DNA