When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, ...

Nathaniel Ostle explores the research that suggests the activity of these microscopic powerhouses may have resulted in the ...

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

This study offers a valuable methodological advance by introducing a gene panel selection approach that captures combinatorial specificity to define cell identity. The findings address key limitations ...

UC San Diego researchers found that ancient hominids were widely exposed to lead, potentially hindering brain and language development. Modern humans uniquely carry a protective NOVA1 gene variant ...

Tardigrades make a unique damage suppressor protein that researchers are working to harness for medicine, space, agriculture, ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Are we alone? It's one of the most basic questions of human existence. People have been trying to answer it for millennia in ...