Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

Biologists are closing in on a puzzle that seems to turn classic evolutionary logic inside out, yet may be so common that it ...

New DNA study of 777 genomes found across southern Europe and west Asia redirects the cradle of Indo-Europeans, sheds light ...

It is not clear what test he was referring to in his post, and the White House did not immediately return a request for comment. But in 2018, Trump took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a 10-minute ...

Tiffany Fransen, diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia, faces challenges from this rare disease. The genetic disorder affects ...

President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had ...

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Amy Lindberg spent 26 years in the Navy and she still walked like it—with intention, like her chin had someplace to be. But around 2017, her right foot stopped following orders. Lindberg and her ...

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...

Nation Magazine Executive Editor John Nichols and Washington Examiner columnist Jeremiah Poff discuss the top political news of the week. The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the ...

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