Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide our future.

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species toward better-suited traits for survival in their environments. But this ...

Human eye colour, a captivating feature, arises from melanin, iris structure, and genetics, creating diverse shades from brown to blue. Brown eyes are ...

We have an HHS Secretary in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. whose dissemination of misinformation about vaccines in the form of books, commentaries and public announcements is now too voluminous to quantify.

A study from Mississippi State University shows that most palomino show horses in America descend from six sires. In fact, one stallion accounts for nearly 60 percent of current bloodlines. The crème ...

Stunning success in halting Huntington's disease with gene therapy offers new hope to those with the disorder—and promises advances against Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

A new study explores how culture is overtaking genetics as the driving force in human evolution and shaping our future.

HHMI Janelia Research Campus Senior Group Leader Meng Wang and her team study longevity. They've shown that by overexpressing an enzyme in the lysosomes of the roundworm C. elegans, they can extend ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture.

Research in C. elegans shows that longevity-related changes in lysosomes can be passed from parents to offspring ...