Summary: New research shows that people tend to prefer simple explanations even when complex ones are more accurate. The study found that individuals focus mainly on visible or known causes while ...

So while it was once the subject of high school biology classes and niche pockets of biomedical ... Kennedy Jr. now heads the ...

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

An early-stage study has found that a common chemotherapy drug disrupts lymphatic cells in the tissue surrounding the brain.

T he bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it ...

Virginia Giuffre’s memoir 'Nobody’s Girl' details her trauma involving Jeffrey Epstein Governments are likely to pillage the ...

As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years ...

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

A high-pitched screech cuts the night air. Then silence. Minutes pass with only the low drone of crickets. Then you hear it, a soft, crescendoing hoot.

NIH invests $14.2 million to map interoception, the body’s hidden sixth sense, revealing how the brain monitors vital ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.