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Humans

DNA helps match ‘Well Man’ skeleton to 800-year-old Norwegian saga

The Sverris saga describes how castle invaders 鈥渢ook a dead man and cast him unto the well, and then filled it up with stones鈥�, in what may have been an early act of biological warfare - and now researchers believe they have found the skeleton of the man in question

Eske_PosterArt - On Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Life

New 杏吧原创 recommends documentary Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Technology

DNA has been modified to make it store data 350 times faster

Dodo model on display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Beth Shapiro: The ancient DNA pioneer鈥檚 mission to bring back the dodo

Society

We now know who was cannibalised on the doomed Franklin expedition

Humans

Ancient people of Easter Island made return trips to South America

ARINGAY, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 01: Residents queue to receive a dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a rural village on December 01, 2021 in Aringay, La Union province, Philippines. The Philippines is rushing to vaccinate its population as it mulls making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory and amid the looming threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The country, which has just approved booster shots for its adult population, launched a three-day national vaccination holiday on November 29 to December 1 with the goal of vaccinating at least nine million additional people. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Health

Discover RNA’s irresistible ascent from humble molecule to CRISPR star

F0FBHN Spiral strands of DNA on the dark background

Life

A surprisingly quick enzyme could shift our understanding of evolution

Humans

Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones

Health

Why our genetic code should remain off-limits to life insurers

As DNA testing becomes routine, will life insurance companies start using our genetic code to inform their decisions, asks Jenny Kleeman

Health

Nobel-winning biologist on the most promising ways to stop ageing

Humans

Genomes of modern Indian people include wide range of Neanderthal DNA

Life

Spider webs collect DNA that reveals the species living nearby

Technology

Self-assembling DNA computer can sort simple images into categories