Laura Ann Aime, 17, went missing Halloween night. About a month later, her body was found on the side of a highway, bound, ...

A proposal in Georgia could allow DNA to be collected from immigrants taken into custody for minor offenses. The bill awaiting a final vote in the state legislature would make ...

The last Neanderthals to survive in Europe came from a single lineage that survived the worst period of the ice age, ancient ...

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The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would later reshape biology and our understanding of life itself. A ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...