Tag: DNA

Judge grants new DNA testing on only 1 item in Scott Peterson case

A California judge on Wednesday ruled that only one item from a list of evidence collected in the case of a man convicted 20 years ago of killing his pregnant wife should undergo new DNA testing. The Los Angeles Innocence Project argued in court that several pieces of evidence were suppressed in Scott Peterson’s trial. […]

Can DNA testing give the monster a name?

Detective Sgt. David Ellison was running out of options. Since 2018, the Indianapolis official had done his best to solve the 1975 kidnapping and stabbing of three young girls, and the rape of the youngest. . He’d met with Kathie Rottler, Sheri Trick and Kandice Smith, all of whom survived the attack. He’d collected their […]

Should we seal DNA samples of Earth’s endangered species in a moon crater?

As warming sea temperatures and pollution continue to degrade the world’s coral reefs at an unprecedented rate, scientists are investigating the feasibility of preserving them — in outer space. The idea is to store a biorepository — a biobank that stores samples of biological material cooled to temperatures low enough it is essentially suspended in […]