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Genetic Mutation Explains Human Migration
Homo sapiens appeared 180,000 years ago, but for the next hundred thousand years stuck to a comparatively small area...
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How the Tabby Got Its Stripes: It’s in the Genes
How does a tabby cat earn its stripes? With the right DNA. Scientists say they’ve found the gene that...
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Scientists Create Atlas of Human Brain
Map reveals the activity of genes across the entire brain to help shed light on neurological and psychiatric conditions
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The Surprising Evolutionary History of Lizards and Snakes
A new study, published online in Biology Letters, has utilized a massive molecular dataset to reconstruct the evolutionary history...
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Disorder of Neuronal Circuits in Autism Is Reversible
People with autism suffer from a pervasive developmental disorder of the brain that becomes evident in early childhood. Researchers...
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Bee Study Lifts Lid on Hive Habits
Experiments on division of labour among honeybees reveal why some worker bees are foragers while others nurse their queens
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Genetic Test Can Predict Autism Risk
Researchers from Australia have developed a genetic test that can predict an individual’s risk of developing Autism Spectrum Disorders...
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Russian Mammoth Remains Give Glimmer of Hope for Cloning
Scientists who found well preserved woolly mammoth remains in a remote part of Russia hope they might contain the...
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Virgin Births Seen in Wild Vipers
It usually takes two snakes — a female and a male — to make a litter of baby copperheads....
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Why Fathers Really Matter
Biology is making it clearer by the day that a man’s health and well-being have a measurable impact on...