New study shows that a genetic variant inherited from Neandertals impairs the function of a key enzyme involved in muscle ...

An FAQ to anwer the most important questions about how to create a special tribunal for the Ukraine, the possible impacts on ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have critically examined the basis for a frequently cited ...

A group of chacma baboons in the middle of a grooming session. On the left, the larger male has his fur cleaned by a smaller ...

Changing family structures: In Thailand, rapid demographic change has meant that people born just five to ten years later ...

Artificial intelligence can support early warning systems for extreme weather events and their impacts, thereby minimizing ...

Scientists have discovered in an elaborate patient study that the transport of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain increases in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) shortly before ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicists Ferenc Krausz (2023) and Serge Haroche (2012) returned from an emotional and impactful visit ...

In the U.S., the monthly payments increase the longer one works—researchers have now examined whether delaying retirement is ...

Ancient pathogen genomes from old bones: a team of scientists from Germany and Argentina have reconstructed two genomes of ...

Rodents such as beavers, nutrias (coypu), squirrels and rats have particularly strong, elongated front teeth that grow continuously over the course of their lives. Using state-of-the-art imaging ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can effectively support doctors in making diagnoses. It makes different mistakes than humans—and this complementarity represents a previously untapped strength. An ...