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Some parts of your body age faster than others, Israeli study finds

Hebrew University researchers say the discovery could pave the way for new cancer treatments and earlier detection of dozens of diseases.

WHILE YOUR calendar says you’re 75, 50, or 25, some of your cells may be biologically much older than others – and those ‘elderly’ cells may help explain why aging and age-related diseases develop.
d4vd performs at Gobi Tent during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 20, 2025 in Indio, California.

Judge orders pop singer D4vd to stand trial for murder, dismemberment of 14-year-old girl

A notice circulated by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office requests information on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona , U.S. February 1, 2026.

FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes to be fakes, source says

The sarcophagus of Queen Elisenda in the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria Pedralbes.

Remains of medieval European Queen Elisenda, 24 others unearthed in Barcelona


Grapevine, August 1, 2025: Do a DNA test and unite with relatives you never knew you had

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

HOME DNA testing kit, with a saliva (spit or cheek swab) tube collector and return shipping box.

Breakthrough fertility technique prevents diseases by using DNA from three parents

The British trial, conducted at a fertility center in Newcastle, involved 22 women who met strict medical criteria, hoping to conceive without passing on harmful mutations.

 In vitro fertilization. Genetic material from three parents.

Baby stolen in Argentina reunited with family after nearly 50 years

The 49-year-old man was found after taking a DNA test and is now the 140th child recovered by the human rights organization Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. 

Adriana Metz, daughter of Graciela Alicia Romero and Raul Eugenio Metz, who disappeared during the 1976 to 1983 Argentine dictatorship, and Estela de Carlotto, president of the human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo), react during a press conference announc

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

 Excavation near Jerusalem.

Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old

Proteins, a cell's molecular machinery, also offer valuable information and have the virtue of surviving much longer, as new research shows.

 A paleontologist cleaning a skeleton during an archaeology dig; illustrative.

Ancient Egyptian potter lived into his 60s, genome sequencing reveals

His remains were preserved in a clay pot, enabling the first successful sequencing of ancient Egyptian DNA.

 Ancient Egyptian potter lived into his 60s, genome sequencing reveals.

Study reveals caffeine enhances DNA repair and stress response in cells, potentially slowing aging

Study reveals caffeine enhances DNA repair and stress response in cells, potentially slowing aging.

 Coffee could reverse aging, say Queen Mary University scientists.

DNA analysis reveals 9,000-years-old women-led society in Turkey

Study finds women and girls were key figures in Neolithic settlement, with maternal lineage shaping household burials.

 DNA analysis reveals 9,000-years-old women-led society in Turkey.

Viking Age dogs in Finland were locally bred, new DNA study finds

Ancient DNA shows no evidence of imported dogs in Luistari burials.

 Viking Age dogs in Finland were locally bred, new DNA study finds. Illustration.

Scientists create mice with two fathers that produce healthy offspring

Researchers used epigenome engineering and CRISPR to reprogram sperm DNA, allowing embryos to develop with only fathers.

 Scientists create mice with two fathers that produce healthy offspring.