A mysterious hominin species mated with the ancestors of modern-day Sub-Saharan Africans, according to an analysis of modern human genomes published this...
In a paper published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution, University of Houston Professor Dan Graur says that the functional portion of the human...
According to new research presented at the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, the more regularly people report doing word puzzles...
A literature review of 37 studies has found that regular consumption of artificial sweeteners is associated with long-term weight gain and an increased...
In a study comparing young soccer players to swimmers, cyclists and a control group of boys not involved in regular sport, an international team of researchers...
An international group of researchers has created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, the encephalophone.
The encephalophone is a musical...
A team of European researchers has developed a prototype of a compact multi-laser-beam device that can read your heart’s vital signs like a supermarket...
A team of researchers at the University of Florida has found genes known to form heart cells in humans and other animals in the gut of the starlet sea...
Playing video games may cause changes in many brain regions, according to a new review of previous research.
Palaus et al collected and summarized studies...
An international team of archaeologists has provided a window into one of the most exciting periods in human history — the transition between Neanderthals...
Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and elsewhere have identified seven risk genes for insomnia.
Insomnia is one of the most common health problems....
A new study led by University of Oxford researchers has found that alcohol consumption, even at moderate levels, is associated with increased risk of adverse...
The fossilized remains of at least five individuals discovered at the archaeological site of Jebel Irhoud in Morocco have been dated at 315,000 years,...
New research suggests that coffee and herbal tea consumption may protect against liver fibrosis, estimated as the degree of liver stiffness, which is high...
The omentum is an important immune organ that serves as a first line of defense against toxins and infection, according to a review paper published online...
Researchers have discovered a mechanism that controls the formation and function of plate-like nanocrystals that play a critical role in bone composition....
A Vanderbilt University-led team of archaeologists has made a remarkable discovery in Peru: thousands of 15,000- to 10,000-year-old artifacts, including...
