Susan Henry, former dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died on March 7 at 79 years old. Henry served as the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS from 2000 to 2010, overseeing the foundation ...

The research team led by Professor Jongmin Kim from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH, along with graduate students Hyunseop Goh and Seungdo Choi, has successfully developed the 'Synthetic ...

Scientists say that 55 percent of differences in human lifespan are due to genetic makeup, much more than previously believed ...

Most research in human genetics has historically focused on people of European ancestries—a long-standing bias that may limit the accuracy of scientific predictions for people from other populations.

The world is experiencing a hidden epidemic with kidney disease. More than 850 million people worldwide have some form of ...

Humans are fundamentally "musical animals"—and our capacity for music is rooted in biology, not just culture. This is the conclusion of new work by University of Amsterdam professor of Music Cognition ...

We now know just how the earliest land plants, ancient algae, conquered terrestrial Earth hundreds of millions of years ago and laid the (literal) groundwork for all subsequent life. It highlights the ...

The human tendency to prefer immediate rewards over long-term goals is partly rooted in our DNA, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Human Biology. The findings suggest ...

A new study of German twins suggests that the strong connection between a young adult's cognitive ability and their future ...

Wolves living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone show genetic and immune-system signals that researchers say may be linked ...