What are some animals that give birth to huge numbers of offspring at once?” (Watch a female sea urchin produce millions of eggs.) The mola, or ocean sunfish, looks like an animal cracker someone bit ...

A review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesizes growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as ...

As a Ph.D. student, I wanted to understand the evolution of individual differences in fruit fly behavior—the building blocks ...

Scientists are finding microplastics in human brain tissue. Learn what that means for mental and neurological health, and ...

Miracles by definition defy science. But a new research effort attempts to understand what our experiences with them do to the brain.

Feedback isn't entirely convinced by a new piece of research that claims by 2339 "there will be no humans", even though the ...

Pinker's new book reveals how recursive mentalizing—thinking about thinking—may be the hidden engine of human life, from ...

Our story began long before Homo sapiens—through apes, early primates, and ancient mammals that survived global extinctions and shifting continents. This documentary traces every key step across 65 ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

What is clear is that the Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine and the vaccine preservative thimerosal are not causal factors.

The study explores the evolutionary origins of the lifespan difference between women and men. Across the globe, women generally outlive men, a pattern that has persisted throughout history and in ...