Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

Blender, once the slightly eccentric cousin of the 3D world, has evolved into a full-blown powerhouse used by studios and ...

Four mice went to space as astronauts. One came back and became a mother. And that simple fact might matter more than you'd ...

This wasn't just about sending mice to space for the sake of it. Mice share high genetic similarity with humans, reproduce ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Overview:  When learning systems rely on historical data, they often reproduce past biases, shaping student outcomes in ways ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

This APS Rising Star and social psychologist researches the political psychology of ideological attitudes and integrating ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

A long-shared history links humans and dogs, a relationship that began more than 15,000 years ago when early wolves sought food and shelter near human settlements and gradually adapted to life ...