A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

Human biology looks ordinary until you examine what it actually does. Our bodies survive trauma, starvation, infection, and environmental extremes that should kill us. This video explores the hidden ...

Steven Spielberg’s "Disclosure Day" drop has everyone saying the same thing Suspect arrested after Walmart customers report finding hidden razor blades in purchased bread The Navy built this and ...

A stunning discovery at an archaeological dig in the UK is rewriting the timeline of when humans first made fire. Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which ...

If you’ve ever joked that dating is killing you, science may have just backed you up. According to a massive new study, animals that skip sex — or at least stop reproducing — tend to live longer. I ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

Humans may be far more monogamous by nature than previously thought, researchers say. Monogamy in humans is comparable more to the exclusive mating seen in meerkats and beavers than in our primate ...

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 ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ago, ancient hominins may have had the skills to conjure flame, ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...