Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

Synonymous DNA substitutions have often been viewed as quiet changes because they do not alter the amino acid sequence of a ...

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Grey hair isn't random decline — it's melanocyte stem cells wearing out, a flaw natural selection never bothered fixing. Here ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Photo: Katerina Harvati Replicas of a Homo habilis skull (right) and an early Homo sapiens skull (left), illustrating two key ...

One receptor can protect antibodies from degradation, extend their half-life and become a drug target itself. Explore the ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

In people with severely compromised immune systems, JC polyomavirus can trigger an untreatable, often fatal brain disease. An ...

Abraham Lincoln, for one, may have had the syndrome—and are at very high risk of a kind of fatal rupture in the heart.

A new statistical framework could speed up the search for rare mutations that cause common diseases, helping researchers zero ...