Exposure to heat can alter the way your DNA works, according to a new study. The effects could lead to long-term health ...

Is our lifespan primarily dictated by our genetics, or do our behaviour and environment play the more important role?

Marine biologist Fernando Trujillo has spent a lifetime working with the endangered creatures, which offer a window into the ...

A series of studies published in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests that human upper limb length may be a result ...

A team of researchers analyzing a 2,100-year-old burial pit in Mongolia has uncovered new details about the fate of Han ...

Medical sensors improve the accuracy of disease detection and treatment planning by enabling accurate diagnostics and ...

Researchers elucidate the complex physical mechanisms and fluid dynamics involved in a handclap, with potential applications in bioacoustics and personal identification, whereby a handclap could be ...

Robotic milking can be a game-changer for labor efficiency, but it doesn’t totally eliminate hands-on work—especially when it ...

Human embryos briefly exhibit traits like tails and gill-like structures, revealing our evolutionary history and deep ...

The scientist who went to prison for gene hacking a pair of twins in China is now decrying the ethics that punished him.

Despite insufficient evidence to support direct-to-consumer genetic testing in routine clinical care, cardiovascular ...

Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran star in a heavy-handed production of Tennessee Williams’s masterpiece, and a mismatched cast ...