Zebra finches use a different part of the brain for random babbling than the one used to create adult calls, a find that could give new insight into how human...
Estrogen fuels feelings of power and competition in women in much the same way testosterone does in men, researchers said on Wednesday in a study that shows...
A bill that would prohibit discrimination by health insurers and employers based on the information that people carry in their genes won final approval in...
Female starlings with a testosterone top-up are better defenders of the nest, but skimp on parental care. The finding may offer clues to why females in general...
Jaw and facial structures in the ancient human relatives shows that they could gape widely, although researchers are stumped as to why they had this ability. ...
Sue Black's job involves rummaging around in mass graves, examining the remains of dead children and identifying people from their severed limbs. The forensic...
Spiders "talk" to potential mates using a type of light not visible to the human eye, scientists report. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7378196.stm...
Soldiers who need special waivers to get into the Army because of bad behavior go AWOL more often and face more courts-martial. But they also get promoted...
A new, simplified family tree of humanity has dealt a blow to those who contend that the enigmatic hominids known as Neanderthals intermingled with our...
British scientists have identified a section of genetic code that makes half the population more vulnerable to obesity, diabetes and heart disease. ...
A new study provides some of the best evidence to date that breast-feeding can make children smarter, an international team of researchers said on Monday. ...
Why can't we stick to our goals? Blame the sloppy engineering of evolution. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-marcus4-2008may04,0,5015266.story...
Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting...
For some African-American retirees, moving to Africa is a return home, but for others, spending the golden years there allows a lifestyle grander than they...
Switches within DNA that govern when and where genes are turned on enable genomes to generate the great diversity of animal forms from very similar sets of...
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