In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

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Of the nearly 77,000 Challengers sold in its debut year, just a handful were destined for export; this example is from a ...

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

Tracking how blood cancers develop over time has uncovered important genetic differences between patients whose disease stays stable while others ...

Biomarkers are redefining how oncology trials are designed, shifting from single-mutation targeting to comprehensive genomic ...

If evolution has been a constant ever since the origin of life 4.2 billion years ago, then why do some claim that, for humans ...

As Paul Mischel of Stanford University describes in a paper in this week’s Cell, some cancer cells refuse to play along.

Newly discovered genetic adaptations have major relevance to the health of modern day human populations all over the world ...

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell ...

There is strong scientific consensus surrounding this story and it is informed by multiple converging lines of evidence.