In the past, Graves has called the Y chromosome the "DNA junkyard". Creating lots of copies of a gene can boost the odds that ...

A strange mouse study suggests that the brain isn't a 'blank slate' at birth, waiting for memories to be written onto it.

Alongside other globally renowned voices such as the late, great Jane Goodall, Attenborough's work telling the stories of ...

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.

One particularly problematic sleep disorder is sleep apnea, and it is not rare. The condition affects nearly 1 billion people ...

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways.

This Friday, Sir David Attenborough turns 100 years old – a birthday fewer than 0.03 percent of people alive today have ...

Now, scientists have brought us closer to understanding this mysterious sense by creating a detailed map that shows the ...

A half century after NASA's Apollo 17 lunar module lifted off the Moon's northeastern near side quadrant, planetary ...

Depression is thought to affect nearly 6 percent of adults, but diagnosing it can be tricky: Symptoms vary, and assessment ...

A blood pressure drug has the potential to combat one of the most common, difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, according ...

Chemotherapy and radiation have saved the lives of millions of children worldwide, but these intense therapies also leave ...