Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney living in Marina, California, thought she’d spend her retirement leisurely playing tennis, traveling, and indulging in her favorite pastime: researching her ancestry and building a family tree. It didn’t quite work out that way. For Rae-Venter, something she started as a hobby led to capturing one of the most…
Discover how a new epigenetic clock measures how fast you are really aging from just a drop of blood or saliva. Study: A blood-based epigenetic clock for intrinsic capacity predicts mortality and is associated with clinical, immunological and lifestyle factors. Image credit: Zapylaiev Kostiantyn/Shuuterstock.com A recent study published in the journal Nature Aging constructed an intrinsic capacity (IC) clock…
It was a grisly scene when police arrived at a Minneapolis apartment complex on June 13, 1993, to investigate the murder of 35-year-old Jeanie Childs. Her body was found partially under her bed, her bedroom was in disarray, and there was blood spatter across the walls and floor. Childs had been stabbed more than 60…
Military labs identify fallen soldiers Military labs identify long-fallen soldiers 02:54 Three airmen who died during a World War II bombing raid have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Charles W. McCook, 23, U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Henry J. Carlin, 27, and U.S….
For the first time ever, scientists say they have made a species de-extinct, bringing the dire wolf back into the world thousands of years after it died off. Colossal Biosciences, a company based in Dallas, says it successfully birthed three dire wolves — a species that once roamed North America but has been extinct for…
Tracing family trees to catch killers Inside the genetic genealogy being used to solve crimes 13:49 Authorities have identified a woman whose body was found on a California cliff nearly 60 years ago. The remains were found near the end of a road in Tiburon, California by a hunter on Dec. 18, 1966. Authorities were…
Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts — genetically engineering living animals with qualities to resemble extinct species like the woolly mammoth. Woolly mammoths roamed the frozen tundras of Europe, Asia and North America until they went…
An American pilot killed in World War II has been accounted for 80 years after his bomber — dubbed “Heaven Can Wait” — crashed off the coast of New Guinea, U.S. officials revealed Monday. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, 24, of Wichita, Kansas, was officially accounted for on Sept. 25, 2024,…
A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day “Freedom Friday” and said he was eager to visit his mother after a judge ordered him released because of new DNA evidence. There were gasps and cries in the courtroom when Judge Kirstin Hamman said, “And…
An Idaho judge declined to throw out key evidence against the man charged with murder in connection with the killings of four University of Idaho students, saying Wednesday that the genetic investigation process that it hinges on was not unconstitutional. Judge Steven Hippler was not swayed by legal arguments made by Bryan Kohberger’s defense team…