What can the world's longest living individual teach us about longevity? A team of scientists coordinated by the University ...

Claims that genes determine intelligence, health and social outcomes are reappearing. But modern science shows environment and opportunity matter far more than genes.

One of the most widely accepted models for how cells remember their identity may be incorrect. This is shown in a new study ...

The scientist leading a push to resurrect the thylacine expects to make a major breakthrough in the ambitious project this year, saying a complete genome could hold the key to ‘de-extincting’ the ...

Archer Anson was a little over four months old when his mum, Emma, noticed a strange twitching in his hand. “I thought: ‘This is really odd,’ ” Ms Anson, 33, says. “Then a couple of hours later, on ...

IF TIMING IS everything, then Thomas Hartung picked a bad moment to make his move. Dr Hartung is an environmental toxicologist at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, who has spent his career ...

Scientists from around the world are uniting behind the Human Exposome Project, an ambitious effort to map the environmental and chemical exposures that shape human health. Credit: Steve Johnson, ...

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(Washington, DC) – Rights-respecting democracies should form a strategic alliance to preserve the rules-based international order, which is under threat from the Trump administration and the leaders ...

Influenza presents a global health challenge due to its rapidly changing RNA genome. These mutations can result in serious health and economic consequences. To effectively manage outbreaks, reliable ...

Artificial intelligence has gotten a bad reputation lately, and often for good reason. But a team of scientists at Google’s DeepMind now claims to have found a revolutionary use case for AI: helping ...