Jewel wasps hit pause on aging through early-life dormancy, and the same biological pathways could help slow aging in humans.

NASA astronaut Kathleen "Kate" Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space. Her last day at Johnson ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international ...

Researchers have identified two genes from the human genome’s “dark matter” that influence brain size and synaptic signaling.

Scientists have uncovered ancient human migration routes hidden beneath the sea, revealing how early humans moved between ...

Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence, the scientists created a tool called MAgeNet that uses a simple blood test to ...

A study led by Dr. Li Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” pieces of ancient viral DNA in our genome are now known to help control which genes are turned on or off.

Coming off the feature I wrote on Travelle, I flew into Los Angeles still thinking about the themes we covered: systems, the future, and how performance evolves ...