Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.

Drug development in biotechnology takes time. A lot of time. On average, it takes 10 to 15 years to take a medicine from ...

Modern comforts promise ease, yet a growing body of research suggests our bodies are still tuned for a very different world.

New research suggests our lifestyles have evolved faster than human biology can adapt, which could be behind chronic stress ...

Human blood already comes in a bewildering variety of types, but researchers have now identified a new one so rare that only ...

Biological evolution works slowly. Genetic changes that truly adapt humans to new environments generally require many ...

John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration ...

New research shows early humans relied on many plant foods. They ground seeds, cooked roots, and used simple tools long ...

The Bar Harbor lab is the first research institution in Maine to be awarded a grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H.

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Hidden inside the narrow growth rings of Pyrenees trees lies the strongest evidence yet for what set the Black Death in ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal ...