The whereabouts of Ilhan Omar have become a major talking point in Minnesota ahead of the US midterm elections in November due to a federal probe into the four-time Congresswoman’s citizenship status over the last week. US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) holds a press conference at Karmel Mall on January 28. (REUTERS) It started with … Read more
Federal prosecutors might use DNA evidence to try to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud, sources told the New York Post. People familiar with the investigation said that the feds used whistleblowers, government records and now obtained DNA in an effort to substantiate allegations that Omar and her family members, like her father, … Read more
Lord Howe Island was considered free of rats after its rodent eradication programme ended in 2019. The last rat was detected on 9 October that year. However, black rats were found again in the island’s settlement area in April 2021.Scientists needed to determine whether these rodents had survived the eradication programme or arrived later. According … Read more
Bailey Quinn FrankPhoto credit: Society for science When Bailey Quinn Frank learned that scientists can identify species from genetic material left behind in the environment, she saw an opportunity to apply the same idea to public health. The eighth-grader from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale designed a simple air sampler using small fans and … Read more
Douglas Stewart Carter sits in a car after he was released out of the Utah County Jail (Photo: AP) A 71-year-old man who spent 41 years on death row has been ordered released on bail by a Utah judge after new DNA testing excluded him from evidence found at the crime scene. Douglas Stewart Carter … Read more
Representative image of DNA All life on Earth, from bacteria to blue whales, writes its genetic instructions using the same four-letter alphabet. These four DNA bases, usually referred to as A, T, C and G, pair up in predictable ways to store and pass on the information needed for life. Now, researchers at UC San … Read more
A rare ninth-century grave in Latvia has revealed clues about violence, family ties and life during the Viking Age. Six people were buried at the Čunkāni-Dreņģeri cemetery in the Zemgale region, an unusual arrangement for a Semigallian burial ground where people were generally laid to rest alone. Sharp-force injuries found on the remains of three … Read more
This city in New York rejects the renaming of Lake Ontario. In a rare display of intra-party pushback, Robert Corradino, the Republican mayor of Oswego, New York, a city situated along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, has publicly rejected recent political proposals to rename the Great Lake as “Lake America.” Robert Corradino, the mayor … Read more
Wolf spider on white background. Image Credit: Philip N. Cohen/Wikipedia A study published in ‘Experimental and Applied Entomology’ has explored how spiders could tell what animals are living around them by examining traces of prey DNA left inside their bodies. The research tested how ‘reliable prey DNA’ could be found in wolf spiders after feeding … Read more
Blair Clark and his wife Leah and details of DNA testing kit from MyHeritage. Blair Clark and his wife Leah have spent more than four years on their YouTube show, The Leah and Blair Slog, helping people reconnect with relatives they’ve never known, or lost touch with. The couple, who live in the Philippines, have … Read more