If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

From mini-brains and spider-inspired gloves to edible wolf apple coatings and microplastic-filled retinas, scientists are ...

When Russian president Vladimir Putin visited Beijing in September 2025, he told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that repeated ...

In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells ...

Bacteria use multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria that cause colitis disable multiple ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

Debunked busts six common myths about the human body and how it really works. Suspect in $20M fraud ring operating in 45 ...

Expelling toxic “forever chemicals” from the body may take guts — or at least, their microbes. Some microbes found in the human gut can absorb some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.