Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they would be compatible mates.

Promising research shows that simple urine tests for DNA fragments could offer early detection of cancer, tuberculosis, HIV, malaria and other diseases.

A new experiment finds the force that holds all atoms together is weaker than once thought.

A new study can't say if low testosterone levels are causing the deaths, but the research links the two.

Extracts from hot dogs bought from the supermarket, when mixed with nitrites, resulted in what appeared to be these DNA mutating compounds.

Emergency restoration efforts are underway in Puerto Rico following the grounding of the 748-foot oil tanker Margara along the south coast of Puerto Rico.