A landmark study analyzing nearly 16,000 ancient genomes from West Eurasia has revealed that natural selection accelerated sharply after humans adopted farming. Researchers identified 479 gene ...

CHENGDU, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have discovered two new lunar minerals from the lunar samples brought back by China's Chang'e-5 mission.

What Animal Sex Teaches Us About Being Human by Dr Matilda Brindle, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford. Bianca Bexton, editorial director, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from ...

For centuries, people tried to build ornithopters that flapped like birds, but none became a practical path to human flight.

Out of all the matter in the universe, only 4% of the universe’s mass is currently understood — leaving 96% to be further ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

As resistance increased, humans began moving into high-risk areas. Around 14,000 to 13,000 years ago, people started living ...

An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it ...

Dr Peter Verheyen discusses the transition from quantum-scale events to the emergence of subjective consciousness ...

Hard sci-fi focuses on scientific accuracy, and movies like Primer and Arrival prove that this grounded approach can still ...

Previously, we examined the remarkable disparity between the intellectual capacities of human beings and primates. While our closest relatives, the chimpanzee, possess traits and characteristics that ...

As banks move from fragmented systems to unified digital experiences, the gap between what institutions offer and what users ...