Geneticist who wanted to prove man was famed Native American leader Sitting Bull's great-grandson was asked to attend SEANCE to seek permission from the late chief's spirit to test lock of his hair

A geneticist who wished to prove a man was a famed Native American tribal leader's great-grandson was asked to attend a séance to seek permission from the late chief's spirit to test a lock of hair.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Danish evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev, the man who confirmed the relationship, says he was asked by Ernie LaPointe, 73, to test a lock of Sitting Bull's hair in order to verify the theory, but not before LaPointe insisted he take part in a Nativ

Nailed it! Elon Musk's SpaceX blasts its Starship SN15 rocket six miles into the sky before returning it safely to the pad - a month after the last prototype exploded after landing

SpaceX has successfully launched and landed its Starship Serial Number 15 rocket – the only one of its prototypes to survive a high altitude flight test.

The Elon Musk-owned company launched SN15 around 6:24pm ET on Wednesday, following a day of delays and anticipation, from its testing facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

World's first wireless brain-computer interface tested on human brain

The first wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) system is not only giving people with paralysis the ability to type on computer screens with their minds, but the innovation is also giving them freedom to do so anywhere.

Traditional BCIs are tethered to a large transmitter with long cables, but a team from Brown University has cut the cords and replaced them with a small transmitter that sits atop the user's head.

Humans' 5,000-year obsession with Mars revealed

NASA’s Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars Thursday to search for signs of life and although the mission has been years in the making, the Red Planet has been part of our culture for thousands of years.

The first record of the Martian world appeared around the third millennium BC, which described it as a god of war and it wasn’t until the mid-1800s did Mars shed its reputation as a deity and become a planet - opening up a world of possibilities.