Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. For centuries, the way we “authenticated” relics and even graves was based almost entirely on some ...

Scientists used a bacterial system called retron to turn DNA into a programmable tool inside living cells, enabling gene regulation and disease detection. The non-genetic DNA platform leverages a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are his. The project began ...