Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Now, new research by Penn State scientists has revealed this vital process may be governed by a previously unknown molecular ...

A new type of tissue model that more accurately mimics the architecture of the liver could help develop drugs to treat MASLD.

King's College London researchers have created a unique collection of human stem cell models that could help to uncover why ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart's major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to ...

Human evolution is explained through branching lineages rather than a simple linear progression. Fossils, genetics, and archaeology together reveal how multiple human species emerged, interacted, and ...

“Following a review, it was determined the test vendor scored one, 1-point question incorrectly,” said Lacey Snoke, a DEW spokeswoman. “As a result, the Department is working with the General Assembly ...

Scientists have introduced a new term for an ancient behavior that may hold the key to understanding humanity's complex relationship with alcohol. Researchers from Dartmouth and the University of St ...