Two ways to read a genome: Body-wide, single-cell atlas maps DNA folding and methylation together

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Their Names Were Lost to History. But Now, You Can See What Their Faces May Have Looked Like When They Lived in a Roman-Era City Nearly 2,000 Years Ago

A new exhibition in Budapest features 16 facial reconstructions based on skulls excavated from the ancient city of Aquincum.

2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator

More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore the skeleton of the Mastodonsaurus, a fearsome aquatic ...

Broken bones, emaciated pooches on ‘death row’ & ‘three dying’ weekly – the harrowing lives of racing greyhounds exposed

WHIMPERING trackside, a greyhound is given a lethal injection after colliding with a fence at 35mph.  The pooch, which has ...
Science News

Who owns your bones?

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the history of unethical practices in research on human remains and the progress toward ...
WJTV

DNA from the skull of an unknown Revolutionary War soldier reveals more than his name

After 246 years, Pvt. John Pumphrey is unknown no more. Through DNA testing and old-fashioned sleuthing, the Maryland ...