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2 Million-Year-Old Mastodon Skull and Tusks Unearthed in Chile

Now that's some mammoth discovery. The skull and tusks of a 2 million-year-old elephant relative -- a mastodon -- have been unearthed in Chile. Construction workers building a hydroelectric power plant near the Chilean capital of Santiago dug up 4-foot-long, 6-inch-wide tusks as well as the first complete mastodon skull...

High Court Rules for Texas Inmate Who Wants DNA Testing

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to a death row inmate in Texas who wants to test crime-scene evidence that he says may show he is innocent. The court's narrow, 6-3 ruling means that Hank Skinner, who was about an hour away from execution when the Supreme Court intervened last year, will...

Earthling Scientists Work on Plan to Call ETs

It's been nearly 40 years since humans first tried contacting extraterrestrials with radio telescope technology, and as far as we know, nobody has said "hello" back to us. If earthlings want to reach out and touch someone, we might have to change channels to connect with an intelligence that actually knows what we're...

1972 Murder of Blind Homemaker Heads to Trial

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Tommie Cray was 9 years old in 1947 when his father, a single parent with three sons, brought home a new companion who was raising three boys of her own. Annie Mae had a sweet Southern drawl and an easy laugh, and an emotional bond took hold right away. "She brought everybody's spirit up, she was so...

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: 'American Tapestry' Has Holes in It

The Story of the Black, White and Multicultural Ancestors of Michelle Obama by Rachel Swarns, but found myself disappointed -- mostly due to what's missing.

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06/02/12 Calpine Skeletal remains found in 2003 Identified by... Source: YubaNet.com - Nevada City CA June 2, 2012 - On Friday 25 May 2012 the sheriff's office received notification from the California Department of Justice, Forensic Laboratory, that they had confirmed a match on D.N.A. (deoxyribonucleic acid) samples that had been submitted by this office.
06/02/12 New DNA testing possible for 23-year-old cold case... Source: Post-Bulletin - Rochester MN Evidence from a 1989 murder in Olmsted County may undergo a new round of DNA testing as the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension renews its focus on solving cold-case homicides.
06/02/12 Biologists construct self-assembling tiles of DNA Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Harvard biologists have brought new meaning to the term "fine print" by devising microscopic tiles made of DNA that self-assemble into letters, Chinese characters, emoticons and other shapes.
06/01/12 DNA testing allowed for Texas death row inmate Source: The Modesto Bee - Modesto CA "Upon further consideration, the State believes that the interest of justice would best be served in this case by DNA testing the evidence requested by Skinner and by testing additional items identified by the State," prosecutors said.
06/01/12 DNA Origami: Synthetic Tiles Can Make Over 100 Shapes,... Source: BioSpace Blocks of DNA have been programmed to automatically build themselves into nanoscopic structures.

Background on dna

Deoxyribonucleic acid (; DNA) is a nucleic acid containing the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms (with the exception of RNA viruses).

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