More than 1,200 “vital” DNA samples taken by police were ruined because officers failed to seal bags properly, according to a report submitted to the Home Office. The number of errors was described as “frustrating” by the official watchdog, who said the
A study of frozen blood samples has turned up a trove of proteins that may predict several forms of dementia more than 10 years before the disease is diagnosed, researchers from the U.K. and China reported on Monday. The study, published in
A Canadian man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly peddling business cards with free samples of cocaine, police said. Seyyed Amir Razavi, 30, is charged with trafficking a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of
Costco Wholesale is known and beloved for its mega-selections of bulk items, food samples, in-store food courts and more. Rachel Huynh, however, might be one of the biggest Costco super fans out there. That’s because she celebrated her birthday in true Costco-style.
A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples has landed back on Earth in a historic first that could reveal human origins. This marks the end of NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission – for seven years, scientists have been flying to Asteroid Bennu to
Health officials around the country are reporting cases and positive samples of the West Nile virus. In Iowa, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that the first case of West Nile virus infection was reported this year in an older adult —
Indian authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator, in return for a bribe, helped switch samples of cough syrups that the World Health Organization (WHO) had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia before the
Makeup lovers who like bargains and do-it-yourself projects can apparently mold a luxury lipstick at home with free samples if they have the right materials and patience. Cosmetics Repair, an anonymous cosmetics repairer and content creator on Facebook and TikTok, has gone
British scientists have created infants using strands of DNA from three people, a technique that aims to reduce the risk of rare genetic diseases. “Mitochondrial donation treatment offers families with severe inherited mitochondrial illness the possibility of a healthy child,” the U.K.
Samples collected from asteroid Ryugu by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft have been found to contain two more molecules vital for life here on Earth. The compounds were uracil, a building block of RNA, the molecules which store information of how to build and