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Skin colour is one of the most visible and variable traits among humans and scientists have always been curious about how this variation evolved. Now,...

Credit: Copyright Wellcome Library, London Children's heads expand steadily to accommodate their growing brains and doctors routinely measure head circumference during the first years of...

Freshwater shark lived in South Dakota, had teeth shaped like 'Galaga' spaceshipsCredit: (c) Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum SUE the T. rex is the most famous...

A recent study from Uppsala University has found that whether you store your fat around the trunk or in other parts of your body is...

Study reveals best ways to catch life-threatening conditionsCredit: The Ottawa Hospital For the first time, physicians in the Emergency Department (ED) have evidence-based recommendations on...

National Poll: Many parents still believe 'folklore strategies' or use vitamins or supplements for cold prevention that are not scientifically supportedCredit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital...

Older adults concerned about displaying early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease should also consider a hearing check-up, suggest recent findings.Credit: Baycrest Older adults concerned about displaying...

New research indicates that cancer survivors carry greater financial burdens related to medical debt payments and bills compared with individuals without a cancer history, with...

Night-time pollinators benefit from street lights being switched off in the middle of the night Switching off street lights to save money and energy could...

Credit: UNIST Jun Ho Lee, a doctroral student in Life Sciences at UNIST, has been named as a recipient of Merck's 2018 Life Science Awards...

Credit: UNIST The Artic experienced an extreme heat wave during the February 2018. The temperature at the North Pole has soared to the melting point...

DiscoveryCredit: UT Arlington Herpetologists at The University of Texas at Arlington have described a previously unknown species of snake that was discovered inside the stomach...

Salk researchers used the latest DNA sequencing technologies to study exactly what happens at a molecular level when they insert new genes into plantsCredit: Salk...

Credit: MPFI The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces a new "labs@location" partnership agreement between the MPFI Electron Microscopy (EM) Core Facility and...

Credit: Furukawa Lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- The ideal drug is one that only affects the exact cells and neurons it is designed to...