Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Humanity’s journey from ancient slender figurines to modern obesity reveals a complex story of genetic legacy, lifestyle ...

High school textbooks may frame evolution as a thing of the past, but it is very much alive, said Dr. Arkhat Abzhanov, a ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Eat more plants, olive oil and seafood for brain health and dementia prevention. Taking care of our brains should be a top ...

On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their ...

New research shows that wherever human populations mix, their languages blend as well ...

The main carrier for the most widespread Plasmodium species across Africa is the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Because of this, the insect has been of intense interest to researchers to figure out a way ...

A century ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological ...

Data from 43 registries show that 11 out of every 100 people in India run the risk of developing cancer at some point during ...