Despite their dwindling numbers, Arctic polar bears have come a long way over the years, originally descending from a single brown bear from Ireland, according to a new study. Read the full story

A Swedish bank robber, who locked himself in a Danish safety deposit vault over a weekend, was caught after police extracted his DNA from a bag of urine that he threw at a security guard. Read the full story

The results of a DNA test carried out on the exhumed corpse of chess legend Bobby Fischer indicate that he is not the father of Jinky Jong, Icelandic officials say. The results were passed to the Reykjavik District Court yesterday. Read the full story

“The Supreme Court’s judgement has been carried out,” answered Selfoss District Commissioner Olafur Helgi Kjartansson when asked if Bobby Fischer’s remains have yet been exhumed. Read the full story

It has not yet been decided when the body of chess grand master Bobby Fischer will be exhumed; but the Supreme Court of Iceland ruled this week that it will happen. Read the full story

A hair sample has been used by scientists to recreate a detailed picture of an ancient Greenlander. A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen claims to have reconstructed the first detailed ancient human genome, naming the discovery Inuk – the Greenlandic word for man. Read the full story

According to Swedish researchers, all Scandinavians are descendents of immigrants who were believed to have first arrived in the region somewhere between 4,000 and 6,000 years ago. Read the full story