Researchers find blocking the KCNB2 gene can slow tumor growth, paving the way for next-gen treatments for childhood brain cancer.

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a key gene that could lead to next-generation ...

SINGAPORE – The bird, barely the size of a human palm, struggled in the mesh net hanging between two wooden poles on Pulau Ubin, the biodiversity haven located off Singapore’s eastern coast.

A new human species, Homo juluensis, has been proposed based on fossils from eastern Asia, dating back 300,000 to 50,000 years ago, possibly including the Denisovans. This research uses a novel method ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.

Our ancient primate ancestors gave birth to twins. Modern humans overwhelmingly birth just a single child — a rather large child with an even larger head. Human brain and body size is certainly ...

In contrast, humans do not simply accumulate knowledge, but constantly reinvent and expand its boundaries. Morgan explains that human openness allows us to visualize and execute complex sequences ...

Ants and humans competed in navigating a maze with a large load. While humans outperformed individually, ant groups excelled collectively, showing strategic coordination and persistence. The study ...

Let’s face it: toenails aren’t exactly the stars of the human body. They’re kind of like the background dancers in a music video—rarely in the spotlight, but you’d miss them if they ...

Potassium is a mineral needed for vital bodily functions. But people with kidney disease may need to know which high potassium foods to avoid. Here we discuss how to create such a diet. If you ...

Now, an interesting new study reveals some unexpected findings about group problem-solving abilities across species, specifically comparing how ants and humans tackle complex spatial challenges.

As she worked at her computer, the results revealed the sample she was examining contained human DNA. There was nothing so unusual about that in itself: at the time, the ancient DNA (aDNA ...