How could a changing climate affect human fertility?

Human adaptation to climate change may include changes in fertility, according to a new study by…

Study reveals link between starch digestion gene, gut bacteria

A newly discovered relationship between genetic variation and the gut microbiome could help nutritionists personalize their…

Scientists discover evolutionary link to modern-day sea echinoderms

Scientists at The Ohio State University have discovered a new species that lived more than 500…

US lawmakers: social media answers on extremist content too vague

Two US lawmakers berated social media firms Thursday for failing to provide specific information on their…

Facebook bans far-right leader, controversial black activist

Facebook on Thursday banned controversial black activist leader Louis Farrakhan, far-right icon Alex Jones and several…

NASA goes infrared on powerful Tropical Cyclone Fani

NASA's Aqua satellite focused an infrared eye on a very powerful Tropical Cyclone Fani as it…

Chemical modifiers tag-team to regulate essential mechanism of life

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have made a key observation about one of the most fundamental…

Sculpting super-fast light pulses: Nanopillars shape light precisely for practical applications

Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it,…

Localized efforts to save coral reefs won’t be enough, study suggests

A National Science Foundation study of factors that cause corals stress suggests that localized attempts to…

A model to decipher the complexity of gene regulation

How, where and when genes are expressed determine individual phenotypes. If gene expression is controlled by…