Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species toward better-suited traits for survival in their environments. But this ...

Your DNA contains millions of genetic variants that interact with each other in ways that affect whether diseases such as ...

One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it's usually to try to identify a disease-causing ...

It seems some people are too smart for sex. A new study has revealed that there’s a lot more to it than just being a “choosy” bachelor or bachelorette. The research found that sexlessness is linked to ...

Genetic mirroring gives adoptees and foster youth reflections of self. Without it, identity feels like a blank mirror, fueling confusion, loss, and a lifelong search for belonging.

Scientists have long known that there’s a link between heredity and personality – that who we are is in part influenced by who came before us. That doesn’t give you an excuse for, say, being a jerk ...

Decades ago, building a family meant wishing on the genetic lottery: two people decided to start a family, and hoped for healthy, happy kids. Today, reproductive medicine is rewriting those odds. With ...

(CNN) — A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird that disappeared 400 years ago and became the poster child for extinction, has made some headway, according to ...

The Ram Mountain population Data used in this paper were collected between 1973 and 1998 in the bighorn sheep population at Ram Mountain, Alberta (52°N, 115°W; elevation 1082–2173 m). The 38-km 2 ...

Through a collaboration between U.S. and Kenyan researchers and Turkana communities of northern Kenya, scientists have uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments ...

If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products – they have set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded with influencers ...