But it might also put us at risk for uniquely human brain disorders. The study appears in Nature. The research focused on parts of chromosomes known as human accelerated regions (HARs), which have ...

Biological sex is all over the news lately. Whether it's via President Trump's executive order affecting passport policy, ...

The nucleus of every human cell contains chromosomes - 23 pairs, to be exact. These carry our genetic material, known as the genome, and are composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and proteins.

A study of artificial human and chimpanzee nerve cells revealed how faster-evolving DNA gives neurons the ability to build increasingly complex brain power How did humans evolve brains capable of ...

First, common sense is not the place to look to understand either sex or gender; one society’s understanding of both is often different from another’s. Second, science knows quite well what sex is and ...

Researchers from Osaka University, Japan claim to have found a cellular 'master switch' which can reverse the process of ageing.

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Just as soldiers may develop post-traumatic stress disorder after facing life-threatening situations, military and police ...

In 2016, progress was made in data storage development as scientists at the University of Southampton successfully developed a 5D memory crystal capable of storing up to 360 terabytes (TB) of data ...

How is all of that DNA packaged so tightly into chromosomes and squeezed into a ... which contains eight histone proteins and about 146 base pairs of DNA (Van Holde, 1988; Wolffe, 1999).

The U.S. Coast Guard recently interdicted a suspected human smuggling operation off the coast of Florida, resulting in the repatriation of 23 migrants to The Bahamas and the detention of an ...

Sometimes it’s easy to see when animals are stressed or anxious. They may pace back and forth, spend their days in hiding or be unusually aggressive. Getting sick frequently or ...