The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

Specific genomic regions that seem to play a role in human language development evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, before humans and Neanderthals diverged from a common ancestor, a new study ...

Gene editing has emerged as a powerful approach for targeting the genetic causes of disease, but getting the editing ...

New clues from genetic research may help explain what causes the most common heart defect present at birth. Researchers at ...

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has developed a pangenome-informed genome assembly (PIGA) method. By combining a ...

The Australian biotech company Cortical Labs recently posted a video in which 200,000 living human neurons grown on a silicon chip played the 1993 first-person shooter Doom. The neuron-controlled main ...

One of the coolest sci-fi superpowers may be something your brain could actually learn. That’s the fascinating idea behind Pop Mech’s new story, “You Can Develop a Sixth Sense—And Transform Your ...

The animal-loving team at Ginger Cat showcases an animal hugging its favorite human, unable to contain its pure emotions. Heavy snow warning as up to 30 inches to strike: 'Stay indoors' Analysis: Two ...

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A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...

A study by researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), the Broad Institute, and Yale University has identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human ...