The question is no longer hypothetical. In recent years, scientists have devised powerful genetic tools that may be able to ...

The Treasury Department has pledged to stop producing the penny by early next year. Here's why — and what becomes of your one-cent coins.

So-called "wheat pennies" get their name from the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text. They were produced from 1909 to 1958. After that, the wheat stalks were shorn ...