The World Health Organization will release a report in the coming weeks.
New genetic comparison technique developed at Stanford enables meticulous study of evolution of the human brain and face. In separate studies, researchers compared gene regulation related...
Recent analysis of ancient DNA gathered from lake beds in the Arctic may not only be a glimpse of the past but a snapshot of our...
Generation of human blastoids from cells in vitro.
Scientists at the Duke Lemur Centre in North Carolina say their fat-tailed dwarf lemurs went into hibernation for the first time ever in captivity last winter,...
The model embryos, which use no egg or sperm, offer a chance to study the earliest days of human development, but there are calls for a...
Lightning strikes may have helped spark life on Earth, and may be continuing to help life start on other Earth-like planets.
The ice sheet atop Greenland —which holds enough frozen water to swamp coastal cities worldwide—has melted to the ground at least once in the last million...
The Juno spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has revealed the dark origins of Jupiters mysterious auroral storms, in a recent...
A recent study shows that lettuce can be grown in greenhouses that filter out wavelengths of light used to generate solar power, demonstrating the feasibility of...