Sir Martin Narey, the former head of the Prison and Probation Services in England and Wales who brought the complaint about the adverts, said: "I thought they were frightening ...

Madeline Halpert and Christal HayesGetty ImagesNobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97. In one of the greatest ...

Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentWatch: Dazzling dancing spiders strut their stuff. What's behind their extraodinary diversity?It's not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia's dancing spiders that make them ...

Watch the moment DNA from a mum and dad is injected into the fertilised egg of another woman - the critical step in the creation of a baby made ...

Liverpool John Moores University. NatureTests on the skull could give new insights into ancient historyA DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile ...

Lily JamaliReporting fromSan Francisco, CAReutersThe DNA testing firm 23andMe says it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for $256m (£192m).It comes two months after ...

Family handoutSusan was no more than puzzled when she saw the first results from her home DNA testing kit.Now a woman in her mid 70s, she had never known ...

Kate LakeKate Lake wants answers about what happened to her money and dataA DNA-testing firm appears to have ceased trading - without telling its customers what has happened to ...

Fox 13Nicholas Rossi has been appearing in court in Utah on rape chargesA US court has been told that DNA from a man extradited from Scotland matches material collected ...