A review article now published in Nature Reviews Genetics brings together evolutionary theory, comparative genomics and large ...

China in a first-of-its-kind experiment has sent “artificial human embryos” to space, aiming to learn more about how microgravity affects human reproduction and paving a way towards “space babies” ...

I co-authored a report on guardianship for surrogates in 2022. Minister O'Callaghan isn't publishing it — and we don't know ...

For all the ambition packed into humanity's plans for Mars colonies, lunar bases, and permanent off-world settlements, one fundamental question has quietly gone unanswered: can humans actually ...

In a neuro-robotics lab at the University of Southern California, a small mechanical hand heard a melody for the first time and played it back in a single attempt, without any sheet music, pre-loaded ...

In 2018, scientists recorded the first known instance of an orca imitating the noises of a human, including, but not limited to, fart sounds. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...

Standard intramuscular adrenaline doses failed to restore blood pressure in most participants exposed to a controlled histamine challenge mimicking severe anaphylaxis.

The rapid spread of Africa’s Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps, charts, and data ...

New Delhi: Sustaining human life in space is a question that has long occupied researchers. Now in an attempt to find out if human reproduction can occur in zero gravity, China has sent artificial ...

All-female species have been long thought of as evolutionary dead ends – but one fish has defied the odds to live without males, revealing new clues to how genomes stay healthy.

What if consciousness did not begin with thought, language, or self-awareness? Exploring whether hunger and sexual desire ...