Topic: Genetic Testing

US-funded coalition restores key West African slave-trade 'castle'

A group of historians, archaeologists, and concerned citizens is transforming Sierra Leone's Bunce Island castle into a museum exploring the transatlantic slave trade.

How do we know it was really Osama bin Laden? The DNA test explained.

A forensic DNA test has provided '99.9 percent certainty' that Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan on Sunday. How does that work, exactly?

SEAL Team Six: 10 questions on the operation that killed Osama bin Laden

‘SEAL Team Six,’ as operatives are commonly known, conducted a raid and killed Osama bin Laden. Here are nine questions and answers about the operation.

Oprah's sister: How Oprah came to learn a family secret

Oprah's sister: Oprah said on her show Friday that she had been 'keeping a family secret for months.' On Monday, the television host revealed that she had a long-lost half sister.

How reliable is personal DNA testing?

DNA testing deliver uncertainty. Faulty interpretation and incomplete genetic research are cited in direct-to-consumer tests.

Did King Tut break his leg on a joy ride? His chariot now in New York.

The chariot is part of a King Tut exhibit in Times Square through January 2011. Archaeologists suspect that Tut had a chariot-related injury.

Yellowstone-area bears rounded up in Montana deadly attack

Yellowstone-area deadly bear attack prompted state game officials to hunt and capture sow and her three cubs. The attacks that killed one man and injured two others did not occur in Yellowstone National Park.

Children of Argentina media magnate forced to undergo DNA testing

The adopted children of Ernestina Herrera de Noble, the largest shareholder in Argentina media conglomerate Grupo Clarin, are being forced to undergo DNA testing to find out if their mother was one of those 'disappeared' during Argentina's dirty war.

Iraq claims key gains in dismantling Al Qaeda in Iraq

After the killing this week of the two top leaders of Al Qaeda in Iraq, officials in Baghdad said more important gains have recently been made in dismantling the group's networks.

Convicts have no constitutional right of access to DNA evidence, Supreme Court says

In a 5-4 decision involving a rape case in Alaska, the court leaves the issue to states.

Thursday's coverage: Naming names in Iran, moon mapping, financial regs

To regain kids, FLDS women try new tactic: public relations

Texas judge rules that 416 children must remain in state custody for now, orders DNA tests.