Scientists extracted proteins from Homo naledi teeth for the first time and found evidence that only females were buried.

From shyness to nonstop energy, a study of 80,000 children suggests genes may help explain why.

Plant breeding and selection programs have provided homeowners and landscape managers with a huge variety of plant options.

Can vitamin A and D help slow lung aging? A new study on asthma in adults and children has found an epigenetic link that may help improve lung health.

A new ancient DNA study published in Science Advances provides evidence that political power among Scythian elites may have been inherited through family lineages that extended across multiple burial ...

Scientists have grown wheat containing supersized starch granules—a leap forward in biological engineering with potential benefits for our daily diets and a raft of industrial applications.

The Medici family evokes wealth and power for those who are familiar with the lasting imprint this famous family left on their native city - Florence, Italy. They transformed Florence from a ...

A framework for analyzing single-cell genomics data, in which geometrical properties are harnessed to obtain insights on cellular diversity, including precise clustering, clear visualizations, and ...

For more than a century, scientists believed this cheerful-looking creature lived only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Humanlike fossils have emerged from the deep and twisting caverns of the Rising Star cave system in South Africa over the past decade — and what they have revealed has ...

An old study based on UK Biobank participants which observed that people with higher sunscreen use also had an increased risk of skin cancer has been misrepresented online as suggesting that sunscreen ...

I enrolled in Human Longevity's executive health program. My cancer results were reassuring, but my genetic results left me a ...