New study shows that a genetic variant inherited from Neandertals impairs the function of a key enzyme involved in muscle ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have critically examined the basis for a frequently cited ...

A group of chacma baboons in the middle of a grooming session. On the left, the larger male has his fur cleaned by a smaller ...

An FAQ to anwer the most important questions about how to create a special tribunal for the Ukraine, the possible impacts on ...

Changing family structures: In Thailand, rapid demographic change has meant that people born just five to ten years later ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicists Ferenc Krausz (2023) and Serge Haroche (2012) returned from an emotional and impactful visit ...

In the U.S., the monthly payments increase the longer one works—researchers have now examined whether delaying retirement is ...

Scientists have discovered in an elaborate patient study that the transport of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain increases in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) shortly before ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can effectively support doctors in making diagnoses. It makes different mistakes than humans—and this complementarity represents a previously untapped strength. An ...

Rodents such as beavers, nutrias (coypu), squirrels and rats have particularly strong, elongated front teeth that grow continuously over the course of their lives. Using state-of-the-art imaging ...

Artificial intelligence can support early warning systems for extreme weather events and their impacts, thereby minimizing damage caused by climate change.

The human brain has two halves that make our behaviors and thoughts more efficient. This procedure is associated with difference between the two halves in structure and function during evolution and ...