Defense attorneys have filed an appeal with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals following Tanner Horner’s death penalty conviction. State law mandates a review by the highest criminal court for all ...

Humans are closely related to chimpanzees and bonobos, but what are the key factors that make humans genetically different? A new study looks at the process of DNA methylation, in which chemical tags ...

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One hundred days is an agonizingly long time for a family to go without answers about their missing loved one. It's also long enough for the investigators working the case to feel the grind. At the ...

After a two-week hearing, a jury chose to execute Horner by lethal injection rather than sentence him to life without parole.

When a gene is turned on in a cell, it creates a ripple effect along the DNA strand, changing the physical structure of the strand. A new study by MIT researchers, appearing in Science, shows that ...

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that DRT3, a unique defense system found in bacteria, creates DNA to protect against viral infections. DRT3 is made up of two different enzymes called ...

In the never-ending battle between bacteria and viruses, both sides devise devious strategies to thwart the other. In a new study, scientists analyzed one such strategy used by the bacterium ...

Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 | Day 15 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 19 | Day 20 Tanner Horner, the ...

A former FedEx driver who murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand told investigators he "kind of tossed" her into the woods after killing her, according to interrogation video shown to jurors as they weigh ...

Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner may have sexually assaulted 7-year-old Athena Strand before her twisted murder – which the sicko meticulously planned out in advance, a Texas prosecutor said. The ...