In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism's ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next ...

Several studies have shown that intelligence is only passed down from one parent, and all indicate that it is the mother who ...

Did you know men and women's heart cells prefer different kinds of fuel? Gender differences are emerging as scientists turn ...

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone estrogen and explain why they are less susceptible to certain infectious ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek ...

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

In a new study, scientists probed the ways in which the X chromosome may change with age and affect cognition. . | Credit: ...