For example, the canine gene ADD2 was associated with fear of strangers, but in humans was related to depression. A key ...

The scientist leaves behind a complicated legacy after making a slew of offensive remarks during the later part of his life.

Maybe Neanderthals were not wiped out in a catastrophic event some 40,000 years ago. In fact, perhaps they never truly disappeared in a definite sense. New research has examined the flow of genes ...

Scientists trace the origins of human kissing back over 20 million years to ancient apes who first showed gentle ...

GATC brought together a broad coalition of researchers and executives in cell and gene therapy, gene editing, drug discovery and AI as well as patients and advocates.

A UC Berkeley biochemistry PhD and gene editing expert has launched a new effort in the field of genetic engineering on human embryos as a way to prevent disease before birth.

Our brain’s evolution makes it nearly impossible to commit to a multi-generational mission like interstellar travel, says one ...

Ancient bones pulled from the soil of central South America are rewriting what I thought I knew about the peopling of the ...

Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large apes, according to the ...

The advent of artificial intelligence might be just the latest stage in a guiding biological process that has produced ever more complex, mutually dependent organisms over the history of life.

Neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and multiple sclerosis, are major causes of disability and mortality, ...