Brain dynamics and cognition share genetic roots. Criticality may guide future brain health research. A recent study published on June 24 in PNAS presents strong evidence that brain criticality—the de ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Raymond Jaravaza, Sunday News Reporter AFTER scooping the grand prize of Presidential Best Innovator and the Best Innovative ...

Screen-centric lifestyles may be influencing human evolution through impacts on cognition, sleep, reproduction, and the microbiome, reshaping natural selection.

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far ...

Despite public confusion, science has made meaningful progress in understanding autism. One of the most consistent findings ...

A new study in Science uses ancient and modern DNA to tell the Qimmeq’s story. It’s a story not just about dogs, but also ...

Free genetic testing kits available for Evanston residents to trace their family roots and discover their ancestry.

Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one ...

The histories of sled dogs and humans in the Arctic have been intricately linked for thousands of years, so it is no surprise ...

Is it better, for the health of a society, to pardon or punish the perpetrators?” Caught “between the drive to forget and the ...