Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds ...

Teaching world history often feels like trying to pour the ocean into a teacup. Its vast scope and complexity can overwhelm both students and educators, reducing the subject to a fragmented parade of ...

Scientists used CRISPR technology to create embryo-like structures, or embryoids, from stem cells. These programmable models ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

Eighteen Bangladeshis, who were victims of human trafficking and imprisoned in a scam center in Myanmar, returned home early ...

A team from the University of Cambridge has found that modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations.

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo ...

Ancient DNA reveals that Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa, providing the earliest proof of prehistoric ...

It marks the first time significant remains older than 1 million years old have been discovered in Western Europe.

Scientists have discovered the oldest human face in Western Europe, potentially re-writing the story of human evolution.

Archaeologists discovered a 1.1 to 1.4 million-year-old fossilized partial face in northern Spain, making it the oldest human ...