Men have grown taller and heavier at more than twice the rate of women, according to the study, published Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters.

Researchers led by electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a better way to perform the ...

The size of human beings has increased over the past century thanks to better health and nutrition — but this change has not occurred equally among men and women, a new study shows. Related video ...

Scientists have developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy -- organisms carrying extra genome copies -- in evolution. Their findings reveal that polyploidy can stabilize ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica displayed a surprising ability to withstand extreme drought conditions.

The largest, most ethnically diverse, study of its kind has flagged hundreds of genetic variants that play a role in ...

In the largest genome-wide study of bipolar disorder to date, an international team of psychiatric genetics researchers has ...

Thanks to a new technology called Moscot ('Multi-Omics Single-Cell Optimal Transport'), researchers can now observe millions of cells simultaneously as they develop into a new organ -- for example, a ...

A new study by Ateneo de Manila University researchers found that using memes in biology lessons significantly improved student learning outcomes, increased engagement, and boosted confidence among ...

Evolution is complex and difficult to study, but a new software package developed by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment ...

A study of rare familial genetic mutations linked to early-onset dementia supports the idea that stalled protein processing contributes to Alzheimer’s disease.