Why do humans have an appendix? New research is reshaping our understanding of this overlooked organ and its antiquated role ...

After a decade-long quest to fill a major gap in basic biology, UChicago scientists have built a complete map of how cells ...

Mild aggression and lethal violence evolved separately, according to research across 100 primate species. The study ...

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every familiar category of life. Yet that is what several research teams now say they ...

Description: Did you know that humans will never finish evolving? Often when we think about evolution, we typically think ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

Pollutants can harm human health and enter the body through the air people breathe, the water they drink and the food they ...

A novel study uncovers how a subtle chemical tweak transforms the naturally occurring phytotoxin into a powerful molecular glue, 12-deoxyfusicoccin (12-dFC), that locks 14-3-3 proteins onto the ...

"First published in the USA by Viking Penguin, 2005"--T.p. verso. Prologue. The power of ideas -- 1. The six epochs -- The intuitive linear view versus the historical exponential view -- The six ...

The human body looks ordinary on the surface. Two eyes, ten fingers, predictable routines. Underneath, though, things get strange fast. Biology bends rules you did not even know existed. Some of these ...