Johannes Krause

It's pretty amazing: bones from thousands of years ago yielded traces of malaria parasites. Disease historians are surprised by what they've learned.

Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter.

German composer Beethoven had hepatitis B infection and was genetically predisposed to liver disease, according to scientists who sampled DNA from five locks of his hair.

The mystery has endured for centuries.

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.

Taking aim at "conflicts of interest and flat-out falsehoods in economics reporting and the so-called experts who perpetuate them," the Revolving Door Project on Wednesday launched a new website, Hack Watch, to name and shame Wall Street-friendly experts pushing often harmful neoliberal financial th...

DNA analysis might've finally solved a puzzle surrounding one of history's deadliest diseases.

The Black Death, the biggest pandemic of our history, was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and lasted in Europe between the years 1346 and 1353. Despite the pandemic's immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive. Now, scientists have obtained and studied ancient Y. pestis genomes that trace the pandemic's origins to Central Asia.

Why did we succeed when other hominins didn't, and can lessons from our evolutionary past help rein in our destructive impulses?

Scientists update Oetzi's genome, find some differences from 2012 version

New research takes another look at the DNA of the famous glacier mummy to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter.

Scientists searching for genetic clues to the German composer's medical ailments found a few surprises in DNA collected from treasured keepsakes

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.

Ancient DNA from cemeteries in today's Kyrgyzstan reveal earliest known victims of 14th century plague

Less known than Attila's Huns, the Avars were their more successful successors. They ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for almost 250 years. We know that they came from Central Asia in the sixth century CE, but ancient authors and modern historians debated their provenance. Now, a multidisciplinary research team of geneticists, archaeologists and historians has obtained and studied the first ancient genomes…

With just a crown of hair and a new skin color, he would have looked like a whole new Ötzi Man.

The DNA of Oetzi The Iceman provided more information on his lifestyle and health condition.

Scientists have pulled DNA from Ludwig van Beethoven's hair to look for clues about his many health problems and hearing loss.

Beethoven was afflicted with health conditions for much of his adult life, and wished for their cause to be discovered and made public.

Researchers used locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair to sequence the composer's genome for the first time. They uncovered some of Beethoven's medical and family history along the way while trying to understand his hearing loss and death.