Researchers recently scanned a region of the smallest human chromosome and found three previously undiscovered families of genes that are uniquely human...

Humans have the remarkable ability to inhabit high altitudes where living conditions are especially harsh and challenging. A new study in Genome Biology...

In 2001, the first rough draft of the human genome was published in a collaborative effort between private industry and the public sector.^1,2...

Most all school children can recite the planets in our solar system using memory devices such as: “My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Names”...

Chasing and capturing fireflies is a simple joy of childhood. But for evolutionary entomologist Christopher Heckscher, that joy never left. He has been...

Science is dynamic. What was considered incontrovertible for decades can be overturned with a simple discovery or more research. So it is with the...