Recent scientific breakthroughs have revealed a fundamental limit to human endurance, a metabolic ceiling that caps sustained ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

At first, James Watson terrified me. It was 1991 and my first day as the new science writer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Published in Nature, the research traces the lineage's dominance in the Pampas until about AD 1800 with scant genetic mixing from surrounding peoples.

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Indian scientists discover a genetic switch in the womb that regulates embryo implantation, revealing insights for improving pregnancy success.

Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder that affects how people feel, think, and behave. It impacts approximately 1% ...

Nearly 7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s and by 2060, experts say that number could be as high as 14 ...