Human spatial representations are often assumed to represent Euclidean properties such as length, distance, and angle. Here we test an alternative (but not mutually exclusive) possibility – that ...

A team of scientists from the Faculty of Science at Charles University has achieved a major breakthrough in research into ...

One of the biggest downsides of upright walking in humans is the so-called obstetrical dilemma. Babies born with big ...

Why do women live longer than men? An evolutionary question sparks a new hypothesis that dovetails with a growing movement in longevity research.

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After watching a space documentary, reproductive biologist Nicole McPherson got a curious question from her husband on their drive to work: “Do you think humans could reproduce in space?” “I ...

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How many parents does it take to make a family? According to a new study, just one. In a striking experiment, researchers in Japan used cells from male mice to create not only male clones, but fertile ...

Researchers have used AI to uncover the DNA signature of a key genetic “switch” involved in turning genes on. After analyzing about 500,000 DNA sequences, the model identified the initiator in roughly ...

The genus Cedrus (Pinaceae) comprises four extant species with distinct geographical distributions: Taurus cedar or Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.), naturally distributed in Türkiye with ...

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be folded into the genus Homo because new fossils have blurred many of the traits ...

Our understanding of mammalian reproduction is being reborn. Analysis of a 236-million-year old fossil could completely rewrite our understanding of how mammals gave birth, per a study in the journal ...