An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain ...

A repetitive stretch of noncoding DNA helps regulate a gene active in human but not chimpanzee forebrain progenitor cells. Experiments linked the ZNF558 gene to mitochondrial regulation and ...

The pursuit of scientific knowledge has driven humanity to remarkable achievements — cures for diseases, revolutionary technologies, and breakthroughs that have saved millions of lives. Yet this noble ...

Science Corporation, the startup from former Neuralink president and co-founder Max Hodak, has enlisted a top neurobiologist to lead the first U.S. human trials for its biohybrid brain-computer ...

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Human head transplants are also known as cephalosomatic anastomosis, and at the moment, are not actually possible and likely won’t be before 2030. Some researchers have tested a human head transplant ...

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Abstract This article is a response to the views expressed by Masanori Takezawa and Ryo Oda in "Adventures Around Classical Evolutionary Psychologists". 1. At this stage, I have no objection to the ...

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on October 15, 2026, carrying more than 6,300 ...

Without science, humanity never would have left caves. Computer technology, medical breakthroughs, weapons of war, and knowledge of outer space all came into being thanks to the wonders of science.

Consistent with the general trend of incorporating artificial intelligence into nearly every field, researchers and politicians are increasingly using AI models trained on scientific data to infer ...

It started with a stroke of serendipity. Naomi Eisenberger ’97, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ’05, then a graduate student, was analyzing brain scan data from a study of the neural activity that occurs when people ...