An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Fragments of a star catalog from the second century B.C. have turned up in a manuscript that had been erased and written over centuries later. A new analysis of the religious manuscript shows that the ...

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may rank among the largest ever to slither across Earth. Named Vasuki indicus ...

A long-neglected fossil seems to show the evolutionary leap that let the ancestors of today’s many-legged arthropods crawl ...

A large percentage of mummified children from ancient Egypt show signs of blood disorders known as anemias, suggesting that these youngsters may have had a slew of related medical problems, including ...

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An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct ...