Volunteers use DNA technology, artifical intelligence to find fishermen lost in North Sea decades ago

Volunteers use DNA technology, artifical intelligence to find fishermen lost in North Sea decades ago

Jan van den Berg stares out at the sea where his father vanished seven decades ago — lost in a storm just days before his birth. Now aged 70, he clings to the hope of finding even the smallest fragment of his father’s remains. In Urk, a fishing village in the northern Netherlands, the sea … Read more

Man, 92, convicted of woman’s 1967 murder, solving one of the U.K.’s longest-running cold cases

Man, 92, convicted of woman's 1967 murder, solving one of the U.K.'s longest-running cold cases

A 92-year-old man on Monday was convicted of the rape and murder of a woman in southwestern England in what is thought to be the U.K.’s longest-running cold case ever to be solved. A jury at Bristol crown court found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in June 1967. “Louisa … Read more

Ancient city possibly ruled by females living in a “matriarchal society” more than 9,000 years ago, researchers say

Ancient city possibly ruled by females living in a "matriarchal society" more than 9,000 years ago, researchers say

An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a “matriarchal society” more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study published in Science this week.  Researchers extracted the ancient genomes of more than 130 skeletons from 35 different houses at Çatalhöyük, an ancient city considered one of the most well-preserved Neolithic settlements in … Read more