Tantalizing notions of long life, even immortality, have always been part of human consciousness, recurring in religion, literature, cinema, music, even consumer goods.The opening chapters of the Old ...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with ...

but it is known that Neanderthals also had a similar genetic mutation, suggesting that this occurred in the ancestors of the human lineage. However, there is some disagreement about the findings ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that may lead to human-to ...

The possibility has been raised that the complex language ability unique to humans emerged due to a specific genetic mutation. Although extinct primitive humans had similar anatomical structures ...

A gene variant present in most people might have contributed to cognitive differences between humans and their closest ...

A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was supposed to be made public weeks ago, but was ...

Amidst surging respiratory illnesses and previously controlled diseases like tuberculosis making alarming comebacks, a new ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has entered a concerning new phase, demonstrating its adaptability by spreading from ...