New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the driving force in human evolution.

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prizes.

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In sexual reproduction, gametes containing a single set of chromosomes combine ...

Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prizes.

NOTE. Percentage values in the cells may not sum up to 100% because of rounding. Bold indicates P < .05. Abbreviations: Bev, bevacizumab; ECOG-PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status ...

A group of hunters found human remains inside the belly of an alligator they captured Tuesday near a lagoon where a nonverbal autistic boy was attacked and killed by one of the scaly predators. Bryan ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Scientists continue to make progress with research on how well pig organs might perform in humans, and now they’re ready for the next step: larger-scale clinical trials. eGenesis, one of the biotech ...

Building muscle is different for everyone, but anyone can achieve it. The key is a consistent training routine, nutritious eating, and adequate rest.

In the 1950s, Isaac Asimov published his Robot novels, picturing a society in which autonomous robots were fully integrated into human society. His book probed the advantages and disadvantages of such ...

You get older every day. But how old are your cells and organs, really?