What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

The quantity of DNA of interest (here, human) is usually between 40% and 90% when working ... The most exciting result was ...

Dryopithecus, a Miocene ape found in France and Spain, may hold clues to the origins of African great apes and humans. With gorilla-like features but contested evolutionary ties, this extinct genus ...

The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock. By Alexa Robles-Gil In early August, a case of myiasis, an ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

Because of their acid blood, double jaws, and almost zero on-screen survival rate, xenomorphs have always taken center stage in the Alien franchise, but that changed with Alien: Earth. Being the first ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

Human Evolution 'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species Human Evolution 1.8 ...

Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered a small but powerful section of DNA, called HAR123, that could help explain what makes the human brain so unique. Instead of being a gene, HAR123 acts like a ...

A collection of U.S. reports on human rights offenses trimmed or omitted past language on violations in El Salvador, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Israel, all seen as partners by President ...