You'd think we'd know everything there is to know about sexual reproduction. But as it turns out, there are still quite a few ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

A new study suggests that language may rely less on complex grammar than previously thought. Every time we speak, we’re improvising. “Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, ...

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, ...

If vitamin C stops cancer in its tracks, and being deficient in it can cause scurvy – the disease long associated with ...

According to research from a team at the University of Utah Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, ...

You’ve been eating it your whole life, and it’s perfectly OK.

New research shows how sperm RNA changes as men age, revealing a biological shift that may affect reproduction and child ...

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to chimpanzees. By comparing full and half siblings across species and human cultures, ...

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...