Genes linked to childhood intelligence also predict parents living longer. Study of 400,000 people reveals biology connecting ...

European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without leading to speciation.

Although not common, the short sleep gene allows the lucky few to enjoy 5 hours of sleep or less a night and still wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. As if that wasn't enough of a boon, ...

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

Oats are having a moment. As a highly nutritious cereal crop with well-documented health benefits, it's no surprise oat-based ...

Dr Drews Adade reveals how bias in medical research leads to missed diagnoses, unequal treatment, and preventable deaths ...

A new large-scale study led by the University of California at San Diego details genetic links to cannabis use with mental and physical traits like obesity, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and ...

The tube-nosed bats were identified in the protected forests of the Philippines by an international research team.

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

Summer McKesson struggled to breathe for years. Doctors told her it was because her blood would not stop clotting – and they ...

A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the ...