Recent advances in high-throughput microbiome profiling have generated expansive data sets that offer unprecedented ...

“While the rest of the genome shuffles between the maternal and paternal origins, centromeres are inherited intact: one from ...

In an effort to make sure organ transplant matches are fair, the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new public online tracking tool.

The molecule Wnt, which plays a role in cell communication during human development, evolved from a superfamily with a shared lipid-modifying mechanism originally involved in bacterial defence and ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

The United States won’t participate in a United Nations review of its human rights record, arguing engaging with the process would present an endorsement of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC), which ...

LONDON/GENEVA Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from ...

Around 70 piles of cremated human remains were found in a mass grave in a remote desert outside Las Vegas, and authorities have no idea how they got there. An anonymous source stumbled upon an ...

BOGOTA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient remains excavated at archeological sites near ...

Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically engineered pig lung into a human. The lung tissue remained alive for nine days after the transplant despite early signs of inflammation, ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played a vital role in helping Indigenous ancestors adapt as they migrated into ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...