Why do humans have an appendix? New research is reshaping our understanding of this overlooked organ and its antiquated role ...

Mild aggression and lethal violence evolved separately, according to research across 100 primate species. The study ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every familiar category of life. Yet that is what several research teams now say they ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

A novel study uncovers how a subtle chemical tweak transforms the naturally occurring phytotoxin into a powerful molecular glue, 12-deoxyfusicoccin (12-dFC), that locks 14-3-3 proteins onto the ...

The University of Cincinnati plans to use a new fish facility to study reproductive biology and infertility in humans.

Pollutants can harm human health and enter the body through the air people breathe, the water they drink and the food they ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative combining frontier artificial intelligence and frontier biology to dramatically accelerate scientific ...

"First published in the USA by Viking Penguin, 2005"--T.p. verso. Prologue. The power of ideas -- 1. The six epochs -- The intuitive linear view versus the historical exponential view -- The six ...