The native red squirrel population in the UK has been decimated by the encroachment of its American cousin, an invasive species. Could a "gene drive" help?

We like to think that physical evidence is a foolproof way to lock in a conviction. The problem is that forensic science isn't exactly a science.

One cold morning in 1953, Derek Bentley, a nineteen-year-old youth in the wrong place with the wrong words, was hanged for a murder he did not commit.

Should familial DNA be used in forensic investigations? How it works -- and some of the potential problems with the practice.

Reforms to rape law in the 1970s and 1980s transformed the definition of rape and brought the crime out of the shadows.