The people of Near Oceania carry a genetic legacy that stretches back almost to the beginning of humanity’s expansion across ...
As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and steered by scientists at Penn State lays out ...
Most people today have a little Neanderthal DNA sprinkled through their genome. These genomic signals are the telltale signs that overlapping populations of ancient anatomically modern humans and ...
Over the past two decades, some studies have suggested that human brains are shrinking. But there is also evidence that IQ scores have risen over the past century. But is it possible for us to get ...
WASHINGTON — The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes. The report, A Science Strategy for the ...
Archaeologists are turning their attention and research skills to far-flung places on the Earth and beyond, discovering new ...
The same biological signals that help predict lifespan in humans also appear in dogs, according to new research from the Dog Aging Project—a finding that could help scientists better understand aging ...
An antibody cocktail generated in humanized mice protected hamsters from lethal doses of Nipah virus, offering a new ...
When you walk into your doctor’s office, you assume something so basic that it barely needs articulation: the doctor has touched a body before. They have studied anatomy, seen organs, and learned the ...