A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

The world is experiencing a hidden epidemic with kidney disease. More than 850 million people worldwide have some form of ...

The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to be conservative.

Human brains can sense rhythm and melody from birth, showing music may be part of biology rather than something learned.

A slew of biosensors recorded surprising changes in her brain and body that suggest sensory deprivation can reveal more about “the world within you.” ...

Over the past decades, computer scientists have developed numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process human speech in different languages. The extent to which these models replicate ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests that a genetic preference for immediate rewards is linked to less education and earlier parenthood. This provides evidence ...

As NAD+ injections and IV drips trend from TikTok to the Kardashians, the science of longevity remains a work in progress. Explore the benefits, side effects, and the debate between oral precursors ...

For more than a century, the human appendix has been written off as a biological relic, a shrunken leftover from plant-eating ancestors that serves no real purpose. That view is now outdated. A ...

Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who'd feasted on fallen fruit to see how much alcohol they consumed from ...

The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling ...

The ovaries age faster than other organs, decreasing fertility over time. This article explores drivers of ovarian aging and ...