From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

When modern humans arrived in New Guinea roughly 50,000 years ago, they met and mixed with the Denisovans, a now-extinct group of human ancestors who originated in Asia. But after that initial ...

Sundance on Monday debuted the list of short films to be presented at this year’s festival. 57 were selected, in total, with shorts to screen as part of eight curated programs that will include ...

They showed that a time-restricted diet involving 18 hours of fasting per day reduced the average speed of hair growth by 18% compared to controls, but larger studies would be needed to verify this ...

Smith, 23, responded to her haters with another homemade creation — hair products meant to stimulate hair growth. "A couple weeks ago, I got a haircut that was definitely too short," Smith says ...

It shows an ebb and flow of small human groups during a crucial period of coexistence between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.” These early Europeans numbered just a few hundred and had dark skin, dark ...

The analysis, which involved present-day human genomes as well as 58 ancient genomes sequenced from DNA found in modern human bones from around Eurasia, found an average date for Neanderthal-Homo ...

It turns out the LRJ people were part of the early human expansion from Africa to other parts of the world. But theirs was a surprisingly recent migration. The common ancestors of the LRJ people ...

Space architect Melodie Yasher has developed ingenious plans for using robots to 3D print the habitats, landing pads and everything needed for human life on Mars. Using robots means that these ...

With colleagues at Washington State University, Chi asked hundreds of people to evaluate the human qualities of a series of robots that ranged from tabletop, metal-clad gizmos to full-sized, lifelike ...

An Amazon reviewer says: “High quality in every respect. This is a 100 percent human hair wig that is worthy of every accolade that I can give it. Soft and silky hair strands with luxurious body ...

As Human Rights Day dawns on 10 December, it serves as a reminder of the ongoing importance of equality, justice and dignity for all people worldwide. The theme for Human Rights Day 2024, “Our Rights, ...