It's commonly thought that sperm "race" to the egg, with the winner fertilizing it. But is this really the case?

Females, on average, live nearly five years longer than males. They also tend to experience age-related cognitive decline at ...

Women possess two X chromosomes, one of which is usually "silent." This latter chromosome, long considered inactive in women, might actually play a crucial role in preserving cognitive abilities ...

Mammalian genomes are organized by multi-level folding, yet how this organization contributes to cell type-specific transcription remain unclear. We uncovered that the nuclear protein SATB1 ...

Genghis Khan wasn’t just the founder of the Mongol Empire—he may have left behind one of the biggest genetic legacies in ...

A test on lab mice may have helped scientists in California debunk a theory that part of the make up of genetics in females ...

"I'm not aware of any measure you can make of the human brain where the male and female distributions don't overlap," ...

Beauty and brains that age slowly — turns out that women can have it all! Men have an X and a Y chromosome, while women have ...

If you want tall children, marry tall men. If you want bright children, go for a smart wife. Some scientists believe that ...

Women are more prone to autoimmune diseases due to genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. We got in touch with an expert who explains how the X chromosome, estrogen levels, and lifestyle ...

Transposons have been found clustered at the chromosome ends in eukaryotic cells, but this is the first time it's been ...