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Researchers dedicated to a decades-long quest to measure the magnetic properties of the subatomic muon particle have won one ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

A surprising discovery from high-altitude animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes could reshape how we treat nerve damage in humans. Scientists found that a genetic mutation helping these animals ...

Scientists previously thought only a handful of genes showed signs of selection in recent human evolution, but previous ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

Researchers have developed a modified CRISPR gene-editing tool with potential to silence the extra chromosome causing Down ...

Molecular biologist Jean Bennett and ophthalmologist Albert Maguire will share the $3 million (£2.2m) "Breakthrough prize" ...

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

For years, scientists believed our lifespan was mostly shaped by environment and chance, with genetics playing only a minor role. But a new study from the Weizmann Institute flips that idea on its ...

The ginger gene is good for humanity, according to science - Here's why ...